The Epistolary Pact, Letterness

Epistolary Justice: The Love Letter as Law

Epistolary Consultations on Venereal Disease 69 Epistolary Consultations on Venereal Disease in Eighteenth-Century France

This essay examines the way in which medical consultations by letter were employed to seek and receive advice on venereal diseases in eighteenth-century France. Epistolary consultations from across eighteenth-century Europe have been used by historians for purposes that have included examining physician/patient power relationships; as a reflection of medical practice; to analyze perceptions of ...

Epistolary Documents in High-Medieval History- Writing

ALAN v30n3 - The Epistolary in Young Adult Literature

I n the span of years that constitutes the period of adolescence, it is common for young men and women to be immersed in self-created worlds of conflicting emotions. As they attempt to become adults, they often experience doubt and despair at the same time that they feel and reflect a sense of hope. Thus, as a form, the personal thinking and private worlds of letter writing are well-suited to t...

Photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT).

Whereas the photodynamic therapy (PDT) of cancer has recently shown rapid clinical acceptance, photodynamic antimicrobial chemotherapy (PACT)--which predates the related cancer regimen--is not widely appreciated. Like PDT, PACT utilizes photosensitizers and visible or ultraviolet light in order to give a phototoxic response, normally via oxidative damage. Currently, the major use of PACT is in ...