Don Juan Rafael Mora: Empresario por antonomasia del siglo decimonónico

El Don Del Águila

La anatomia española en la primera mitad del siglo XIX

JOHN L. WEST, The Taylors of Lancashire, Manchester, [the author], 1977, 8vo, pp. 134, illus., £1.50 + postage (paperback). (Obtainable from: 11 Half Edge Lane, Eccles, Manchester). An excellent account of a remarkable medical family, based on extensive research into manuscript and printed sources. It extended over six or seven generations, from James Taylor (1708/10-1777) of Whitworth to Herbe...

“Don Juan-Fracture” as a Hint to Aortic Isthmus Rupture

We report a case of thoracic aortic rupture after blunt trauma in a 23-year-old male patient. The initial investigation found no external injury or bleeding, only a slightly widened mediastinum and a broken left calcaneus. Abdominal lavage was negative, biochemistry was normal, and breathing and oxygenation were not compromised. When changing his position during diagnostics, the patient all of ...

Lord Byron ' s Don Juan : The Eastern Context

This paper sheds light on “The eastern context in Lord Byron’s Don Juan. Despite some weakness in structure and form, and despite much mockery, seduction traits, Don Juan is a vast creation in its theme. Always self-conscious of his literary standing, Byron did not neglect to include literary and cultural criticism in this comedic epic. That is to say, it is a satirical work in a comic style; i...

[Biblioteca Fundamentos de la Construcción de Chile: building the nation by means of science].

En el marco de la celebración del bicentenario independentista en Chile, la Pontificia Universidad Católica, la Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos y la Cámara Chilena de la Construcción (la mayor multigremial empresarial del país) se reunieron para impulsar la publicación de cerca de un centenar de textos producidos por los primeros científicos del país (técnicos, ingenieros y profesio...