Global West, American Frontier

Field Surgery on the North-West Frontier

Notwithstanding the numerous expeditions against the warlike tribes on the north-west and north-east frontiers of British India within recent years, there is a remarkable dearth, in medical literature, of information regarding the nature of tho diseases from which the troops suffered during thoso expeditions, and of the wounds inflicted upon them by the enemy. To meet this want in some small me...

Stephen Long and American Frontier Exploration

British Investment in the American Mining Frontier

British involvement in the American mining frontier presents us with an interesting conundrum. On the one hand, British miners, managers, and engineers played a major role in bringing locally-owned and promoted ventures into short-term profit and successful long-term development. On the other hand, direct investments in the same mining districts undertaken by British owned companies met with ne...

The American Frontier: Technology versus Immigration

How important was international immigration for the U.S. and its demography during the nineteenth century? This paper investigates, quantitatively, its effect on the westward movement of population and the regional and secular changes in fertility. Beside immigration, two alternative forces are considered: technological progress and the land policy (the Homestead Act). An optimal growth model w...

Global Journal of Science Frontier Research

the present study was undertaken to investigate immunomodulatory activity of Clitoria ternatea seed and root extracts. Effects on humoral immune response were investigated in SRBCs-sensitized rats. Effects on cell medicated immunity were studied by measuring delayed type hypersensitivity (DTH) response in SRBC-sensitized rats. Neutrophil recruiting and phagocytosis were measured by studying neu...