Crystals appeal to everyone

Ecology's appeal to theology

I NVITED TO REFLECT ON THE RELATIONSHIP between theology and ecology, and to explore why that relationship might seem to have 'lost its appeal', I decided to look at the Christian theological tradition and the demands that a fruitful and appropriate relationship with ecology might make on it. Do theology's anthropological postulates encourage the kind of theological freedom needed to respond to...

Ankle/brachial index to everyone

BACKGROUND In the last years significant attention has been paid in identifying markers of subclinical atherosclerosis or of increased cardiovascular risk. METHOD An abnormal ankle/brachial index (ABI) identifies patients affected by lower extremity peripheral arterial disease, and even more important, represents a powerful predictor of the development of future ischemic cardiovascular events...

What Everyone Ought to Know

WVHAT EVERYONE OUGHT TO KNOW. By Oliver T. Osborne. Charles C. Thomas, Springfield, Ill. This is a book on health, disease and accident, and should enable the fifteen-minute-a-day reader to talk impressively about a variety of things without thoroughly understanding any of them. One who is reasonably familiar with the fields of biology may wonder if it is useful to present to laymen a variety o...

An Appeal

Our Appeal

Tiie appeal made in our last issue, in behalf of a brotherMedico in distress, has, to a certain extent, been responded to, but it has not jet been acknowledged as it ought to be. We would again urge our friends to combine, with cordiality, in this matter. Wo are perfectly aware that it is often inconvenient and even troublesome in India to transmit small sums of money from a distance ; but we s...