Kit Carson in California: With Extracts from His Own Story

Carl Djerassi: in his own words.

In honor of the 90th birthday of Professor Carl Djerassi, J. I. Seeman has assembled a collection of poignant quotes and excerpts from Djerassi's writings which embody his remarkable life experiences, his philosophies of life, and his unique personality.

Did Menzel Paint His Own Babinski Sign?

Adolph von Menzel (1815–1905), one of the greatest German realistic painters of the nineteenth Century (1), painted his right foot from normal perspective with the great toe extended (Figure 1B). The other toes seem to be relaxed. There are no suggestions of foot deformity like pes cavus. Menzel finished that painting, oil on wood panel, in 1876 (1). He gave no official explanation, why he had ...

Carmine Melino: a Universe by his own.

Albert Schweitzer, The Story of His Life

This volume will be an invaluable addition to the libraries of schools of nursing. Designed to be used as a supplement to the usual history of nursing textbooks, it includes, as the author states in the preface, "excerpts from the most significant writings comprising the history of nursing from the era before the birth of Christ up to the founding of the first professional school of nursing in ...

Gilbert Stork: in his own words and in the musings of his friends.

s 1945, 39, 2991(5). Figure 7. Carl Djerassi, learning how to drive a tractor in Tarkio, Missouri, 1941. Photo courtesy C. Djerassi. . Angewandte And Finally 3014 www.angewandte.org 2012 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2012, 51, 3012 – 3023 “And then, as I just had thrown it in there, and it fumed furiously and red fumes of who knows what, nitrous oxide of vario...