Popular Religion in the Periphery. Church Attendance in 17th Century Eastern Finland

the implied reader in 18th century literary criticism

this thesis is going to delineate the concept of the reader as implied in 18th century literary theory; based on the study of the major reader oriented elements of criticism of the age-taste, the sublime, and aesthetic pleasure-its aim is to explain what sott of reader is implied and what kind of response on the part of the reader is proposed in 18th century english literary theory and aestheti...

Biological Warfare in the 17th Century

in this study and in previous studies (1,8). The presence of a strong β-lactamase with resistance to ampicillin was also a marker in this study; epidemic C. jejuni and C. coli isolates were β-lactamase negative with susceptibility to ampicillin in previous outbreaks in MSM (1,8). Higher proportions of C. coli isolates are erythromycinand multidrug-resistant than are C. jejuni isolates (4,6). Wh...

Venereal disease phobia in the 17th century.

The sufferer from venereal disease phobia, unfortunately seen so frequently nowadays (Rogerson, 1951), had, according to Richard Wiseman (1676), his predecessor in the second half of the 17th century. Apparently at that time the fear of syphilitic infection was widespread, but unlike today, there was then some justification for such a fear. Wiseman himself, for example, complained in his treati...

Medical honoraria in the 17th century.

Paolo Zacchias (1584-1659), the physician of the Pope, in his main work, "Quaestiones medico-legales" (Rome, 1621-1625) provides answers to hundreds of important practical and theoretical questions. On the following pages the author tries to summarize Zacchias's opinion concerning the problem of honorarium and fee, hoping that this short extract will prove to be useful for the modern physician ...

Alienation from Religion in Church - Related Adolescents