The CSSHE Conference, 1975: Rival Patron Saints

[Patron saints and Christian perception of health and illness].

As a religion based on the teaching of Jesus Christ, from the outset Christianity has developed a completely different attitude toward health and illness than the Old Testament. Health and illness are now viewed through the eyes of Jesus Christ the redeemer, who accepted each and every man. The history of Christianity has had its episodes of masochistic attitude toward illness, but today it cle...

SS. Cosmas and Damian— Patron Saints of Medicine and Pharmacy Their Cult in England

AMONG the many saints associated with the healing arts, the twin brothers SS. Cosmas and Damian have long been revered and adopted as patrons. Their practice ofmedicine and surgery in Asia Minor without fe-hence called 'Anagyroi,' without silver-and their martyrdom in Aegea, in Cilicia, in the time of Diocletian, and according to tradition by Lysis, Roman Governor of the Province, made a lastin...

History of the winter simulaltion conference: Renaissance perod (1975-1982)

This paper discusses the history of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) during the period 1975–1982. This includes the collapse of the WSC in 1975, the rebirth of WSC in 1976, and the subsequent annual conferences and other significant WSC events for the period of 1976 through 1982. This was a period of great change for the WSC, with an emphasis on developing procedures to insure the long-te...

The saints of epilepsy.

E PILEPSY, at least in its grand mal variety, presents so dramatic and, to the lay observer, so terrifying a spectacle that it is not strange that its victims readily resorted to supernatural aid for alleviation. Unlike so many other diseases it offers no external signs of its presence and the horrifying suddenness with which apparently healthy and normal people could be transformed into writhi...

The saints among the Saints: a study of curanderismo in Utah.