Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic.

A Comparative Study of Plato’s Allegory of the Cave and Suhrawardī’s Tale of the Western Exile

An important allegory throughout the history of philosophy is Plato’s allegory of the cave. There are remarkable similarities between this allegory and an allegory from Islamic philosophy—that of western exile (al-ghurba al-gharbiyya) proposed by Suhrawardī. This paper seeks to consider fundamental components and issues within the two allegories, including the issue of the soul as the ...

True Digital Artery Aneurysm - A Clinical Vignette

Swellings of the hand are commonly seen in routine clinical practuce. Ninety five percent of them are benign and most common diagnoses include ganglions, epidermoid inclusion cysts, and giant cell tumours of the tendon sheath. It is very uncommon to find true digital aneuryms in the hand. In this clinical vignette I present a case of true digital artery aneurysm, with the tell tale clinical fea...

The hidden epidemic: opiate addiction and cocaine use in the South, 1860-1920.

Evaluating the impact of Affordable Care Act repeal on America's opioid epidemic

In this month's Editorial, Health Commissioner of the City of Baltimore Leana S. Wen and co-authors discuss why the United States needs Medicaid to address its epidemic of opioid abuse.

Minds and Moods

This little book contains some very interesting' and carefully written articles on questions not often placed before the public in a comprehensive way. The author has divided his subject into Thoughtland, Dreamland, Cloudland, the Land of Forgetfulness, Spiritland, Will, Self, Work, Rest, and the Burden of Life. Concerning Thoughtland we are told: "To a few Thoughtland is elysium; to many ' it ...