Taarab aujourd’hui : la chanson moderne à Zanzibar

Franglais a la mode moderne

A few years ago I was writing in this column about differences between languages. Dutch and Chinese are comparatively easy to learn. None the less, the various computer languages are another game altogether. Recently a French colleague in pathology, who is also interested in the use of words and in the modern techniques of the assembly of data bases and word processing was kind enough to let me...

Contribution à l'étude de la maladie athéromateuse

Médecine à la Molière.

Of Moliere's thirty six plays, seven deal, to a greater or lesser extent, with medicine; the medicine as practiced in Paris during the reign of Louis XIV. In these days, Moliere satirises the recalcitrant conservatism of the Paris medical faculty. It is, however, an informed satirisation. This paper explores Moliere's motives and attempts to place Moliere's medical plays against a broad canvas ...

Death à la carte

Delegates arrived at the hotel on a rainy Sunday evening where they were immediately made welcome and encouraged to relax over dinner while chatting to other EWCD (European Workshop on Cell Death) participants. The EWCD is a bi-annual conference that focuses on all aspects of cell death. Each conference is held in a different unique location, with this year’s being no exception. The six-day mee...

Conservation du virus de la Peste bovine à l'état lyophilisé