The American Musical Directory, 1861

Medical and surgical care during the American Civil War, 1861-1865.

This review describes medical and surgical care during the American Civil War. This era is often referred to in a negative way as the Middle Ages of medicine in the United States. Many misconceptions exist regarding the quality of care during the war. It is commonly believed that surgery was often done without anesthesia, that many unnecessary amputations were done, and that care was not state ...

[Cayetano Heredia (1797-1861)].

En la historia de la medicina peruana podemos encontrar diversos ejemplos de destacados científicos, ilustres divulgadores de la ciencia, devotos practicantes de su arte, muchos de los cuales han recibido público reconocimiento por su obra científica. También encontramos aquellos que, paralelo a su ejercicio profesional, han tenido una activa vida ciudadana e intelectual, por lo cual también ha...

The American Musical as an Honors Course: Obstacles and Possibilities

The musical language Elements of Persian musical language: modes, rhythm and syntax

In treating the subject of musical language, a Persian musician would be intrinsically drawn to the structural similarities between the Persian music and language. Indeed Persian music and language are extremely related in their metrics, intonations and structural phrases (syntax). Although we will draw upon this relationship, our aim in this article is to present “music as a language,” c...

john steinbeck: friend of the american common man

in his last years of life americans had almost forgotton steinbeck, and those who had not, occasionally criticized him for supporting and praising the u. s. military intervention in the vietnam war. althought ateinbeck incorporates different themes into his works, each one bears many signs of his concern and sympathy for america and the american common people in particular. steinbecks to a god ...