Identity Notes Part II: Redeeming the Body Politic

Botanical Notes on the Identity of Certain Herbs Used in Ayurvedic Medicines in Kerala .ii

In the first part the authors have discussed the botanical identity of the drug 'Thamalaki' as it is used in Kerala. The second part deals with the identity of a few more drugs namely, 'Puskaramula, Punarnava, Suryavartha and Nirgundi'.

Redeeming Mr. Sawbone: compassion and care in the cultures of nineteenth-century surgery

Objective: To complicate understandings of the emotions involved in the surgical encounter. Methods: I draw on an extensive body of historical material to demonstrate the importance of compassion and sympathy to the professional identities and experiences of early nineteenth-century British surgeons and use this information to reflect on what lessons can be learned for contemporary practice. Re...

Enculturation: Steven Best and Douglas Kellner

Rap music has emerged as one of the most distinctive and controversial music genres of the past decade. A significant part of hip hop culture, [1] rap articulates the experiences and conditions of African-Americans living in a spectrum of marginalized situations ranging from racial stereotyping and stigmatizing to struggle for survival in violent ghetto conditions. In this cultural context, rap...

Impairment, Discrimination, and the Legal Construction of Disability in the European Union and the United States

Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 R I. From the Body to the Body Politic: The Transformation of Disability Law in the United States and the European Union . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 R A. Politics of the Body Disabled: The Medic...

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