Embodied Communities: Commemorating Robert Burns, 1859

Inequalities and elections (with reference to Robert Burns).

Robert P . Burns : A Theory of the Trial

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Commemorating Misadventures, Celebrating Collaborations

as some say, an incurable and infectious disease.” ―Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Don Quixote F the first half of the 20th century, Spanish artist Pablo Picasso dominated the art world in a great variety of creative styles and forms, creating more than 20,000 paintings, prints, drawings, sculptures, and other works. His widely recognized and now iconic black and white sketch of Don Quixote prov...

Commemorating Professor Takeo Ohnishi

Remembering Professor Ohnishi, I have to think about the time when we first met as graduate students specializing in radiation biology and became friends. We shared a liking for ping-pong and the Chinese language. During congresses, we would leave the main venue and enjoy ourselves. In recent years, we had unfortunately turned in bad company as our position did not allow for it anymore. Not see...

Death and Doctor Hornbook by Robert Burns: a view from medical history.

Robert Burns's poem, Death and Doctor Hornbook, 1785, tells of the drunken narrator's late night encounter with Death. The Grim Reaper is annoyed that ‘Dr Hornbook’, a local schoolteacher who has taken to selling medications and giving medical advice, is successfully thwarting his efforts to gather victims. The poet fears that the local gravedigger will be unemployed but Death reassures him tha...