Three Unpublished Manuscripts from 1903

Notes from the Hughly Hospital, 1903—1909

Comparative Study of Illustration of three Manuscripts from the “Kitab al-Hiyal” Written by Badi' al-Zaman al-Jazari

Badi' al-Zaman al-Jazari is a scientist, designer and engineer of Islamic civilization in the sixth century AH who lived in the Diyarbakir (South east of turkey), and has 50 new machines in his book “Al-Jami' bayn al-‘ilm wa 'l-‘amal al-nafi' fi sina'at al-hiyal (A Compendium on the Theory and Useful Practice of the Mechanical Arts)” has described and illustrated. This book, which is a document...

Notes from the Hughli Hospitals, 1903 — 1909

rigorous imprisonment under section 379, Indian Penal Code, (theft), on the same day, and sent into Jail, "in a dying condition," as noted by my predecessor; collapsed, temperature below normal, pulse weak and thready, respiration hurried, unable to answer questions, spleen enlarged, lungs healthy. He was given a mixture containing quinine, tincture of ergot, and laudanum ; also rum and spiritu...

Unpublished Manuscript

We here review the evolutionary theory relevant to the question of human cooperation and compare the results to other theoretical perspectives. Then, we will summarize some of our own work, distilling a compound explanation that we believe gives a plausible account of human cooperation and selfishness. This account leans heavily on group selection on cultural variation but also includes lower l...

The genesis of Edward Jenner's Inquiry of 1798: a comparison of the two unpublished manuscripts and the published version.

Edward Jenner continues to be a controversial figure in medical history and his role in the introduction of smallpox vaccination is still debated. Those interested in the development of Jenner's ideas on smallpox prophylaxis will know that two manuscripts exist which contain much of what was to be incorporated into his famous monograph, privately published in 1798.1 One manuscript (here designa...