Converting a King: The Jesuit William Crichton and King James vi and i

Attenuated variants of Lesch-Nyhan disease: the case of King James VI/I.

Sir, In the 13th century, Jacobus de Voragine described how God punished the murders of St Thomas. The perpetrators were inflicted with a terrible syndrome that included self-injurious behaviour, compulsive–aggressive acts, intellectual deficiency, gout and renal failure. This syndrome is so highly characteristic of Lesch–Nyhan disease that Beck speculated Jacobus must have had first-hand exper...

Mithridates VI Eupator king of Pontus and the venomous snakes

We read with interest the paper by Elham Behzady and Payam Behzadi published in Central European Journal of Urology (2016; 69: 404-410) entitled “The role of toll-like receptors (TLRs) in urinary tract infections (UTIs)” [1]. In this article, these authors quote (their reference n.7) a paper written by us entitled “Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus and mithridatism”, whichappeared in Allergy (20...

B . B . King , James Vaughan to perform at Rice Stadium

Consultant for two days t possibility of students, sited Rice st week to discuss the campus card with the : administration. Such an "all-campus" card could include numerous possibilities in the areas of retail and food services and improved security. By consolidating these areas, students could charge food, books, vending machine items, stadium concessions, copies and various other personal exp...

[Portrait of King Carlos I of Portugal].

Mithridates VI Eupator of Pontus: An ancient Iranian Immunologist King