Earth's magnetic field in the early 19th century from French sources

In the cradle of heredity; French physicians and l'hérédité naturelle in the early 19th century.

This paper argues that our modern concept of biological heredity was first clearly introduced in a theoretical and practical setting by the generation of French physicians that were active between 1810 and 1830. It describes how from a traditional focus on hereditary transmission of disease, influential French medical men like Esquirol, Fodéré, Piorry, Lévy, moved towards considering heredity a...

[A Glagolitic prayer against gout from the early 19th century].

In the article a prayer against gout from the early 19th century is analysed, which reflects the surviving medieval theurgical view of healing. It also sheds light on a less known sphere of Croatian Glagolitic texts, i.e. on texts with medical content written in Glagolitic script in Croatian lands.

The Chronicle of Arsenic Poisoning in the 19th Century

William Prout: early 19th century physician-chemist.

In the early 19th century, the discoveries of new substances in the healthy and diseased body spawned a search for chemical explanations for physiologic phenomena to guide medical diagnosis and control therapy. William Prout's work on the nature and treatment of diseases of the urinary organs established his reputation as one of Britain's most distinguished physiological chemists. Prout was ver...

How Much Should a 19th-Century French Bastard Inherit

Catalan's formula, for the portion of the inheritance that a legitimate child of a 19th-century deceased French gentleman should receive, is given a new proof (using Difference Operators), and generalized. Another, more computationally efficient, formula is also derived. Catalan's Formula Chrystal's classical text[Ch] (II, p. 416) contains the following charming exercise, due to Cata-lan[Ca]. B...