Phrenological Controversy and the Medical Imagination: 'A Modern Pythagorean' in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.

Surgn.-Major Robert Moir

are given in a home contemporary. He was the eldest son of Dr. David Macbeth Moir, of Musselburgh, the well-known " Delta" of Blackwood's Magazine, author of the novel Mansie Waugh, a history of ancient medicine and other works, and a poet of great refinement and feeling. Robert Moir was educated at the Musselburgh Grammar School and Edinburgh Academy, and studied medicine iii the University of...

The Classicist Approach of Yaghma Magazine toward Contemporary Poetry

Yaghma, The literary magazine in the field of poetry, started its activity with the aim of preserving ancient achievements and countering every kind of unapproved innovations and novelty. This was in spite of the fact that many years had passed since the beginning of modern poetry and there have emerged famous figures in Nimaei poetry. The present article intends to see how much Yaghma was succ...

Phrenological knowledge and the social structure of early nineteenth-century Edinburgh.

How to Redefine Kamal-ol-Molk in Honar-va-Mardom Magazine of the 40s and 50s and its Relationship with the Modernization Process of Iran

The influence of Kamal-ol-Molk on Iranian contemporary art is taken for granted. This effect was the beginning of changing the paradigms governing Persian painting. But despite the influential position of Kamal-ol-Molk, the discussion about this influence and position has not always been the same, and perhaps it can be said that few artists in contemporary Iranian art have experienced such a di...

A Unique Investigation of Knowledge Transfer Practices within the Muslim Business Community in Edinburgh

The aim of this research was to understand the dynamisms relating to knowledge transfer processes and practices, which exist within a business community in Edinburgh Scotland. The methodology used within this study was a uniquedesign methodology to include 20 in-depth interviews with participants from four local organizations. The sample group consisted of males aged between 20 and 70. The samp...