Kharavela, King of Kalinga, Who Was Called a Cakravartin

Who was Elizabeth Okeover?

Modem notions of medical authority being essentially embodied in the figure of the professionally trained and registered practitioner and his corporate representatives, and in the medical textbook or official pharmacopoeia, are comparatively recent developments. Much work has been done by historians of medicine to show that, far from being merely an underdeveloped version of modem medicine, the...

Who Was Miss Mullikin?

1. INTRODUCTION. In 1946 R. L. Moore, responding to a prospective student's request for information about graduate study, closed his letter with a personal note: " Please remember me to Miss Mullikin " [18, p. 295]. Who was Miss Mullikin? And why did someone of Moore's stature wish to convey his best wishes to her? Anna Margaret Mullikin (1893–1975) was Moore's third Ph.D. student, one of the f...

What was Glaucoma Called Before the 20th Century?

Glaucoma involves a characteristic optic neuropathy, often with elevated intraocular pressure. Before 1850, poor vision with a normal eye appearance, as occurs in primary open-angle glaucoma, was termed amaurosis, gutta serena, or black cataract. Few observers noted palpable hardness of the eye in amaurosis. On the other hand, angle-closure glaucoma can produce a green or gray pupil, and theref...

The doctor who would be king.

Who Was That Masked Man?

Each year more than 1,400 children die as motor vehicle passengers, and an additional 280,000 are injured. Despite these horrifying figures, parents are still allowing their children to ride unrestrained. More disturbing is the fact that of children who are buckled up, roughly half are restrained incorrectly—increasing the risk of serious or fatal injuries. Tragically, most of these injuries co...