The recent publication of a biography by his grandson reminded me of Benjamin Moore senior’s contributions on social medicine.1 The book is dedicated to “Dr. G.A.J. Pitt (who first suggested the biography) and in memory of my father, Dr. T. Moore (1900-1999).” The author was born in Cambridge and saw active service as an officer in the Royal Ulster Rifles in the Korean War (1950-1953). He gradu...

Recent trends in medical education emphasize the importance of producing well-rounded graduates who not only possess a sufficient fund of medical knowledge but who can think clearly and deeply. Unfortunately, many medical educators struggle with what exactly it means to “think” and do not know where to begin when asked to teach “thinking.” We believe the book Making Thinking Visible, though wri...

In some instances, the appearance of unity may be illusory. For example, little is said of the relationship between the Royal College and the College of Family Physicians of Canada. The latter group also certifies the attainment of higher educational standards by a large group of Canadian physicians, and the CFPC, unlike the Royal College, insists upon periodic re-examination. The fact that thi...

who used this, his only book not only to condemn suicide but also to emphasize how the godly life could help one to avoid it. Sym dealt with "difficult" conundrums such as, does the man condemned to death unjustly cooperate willingly with the executioner? (The answer was, yes, again illustrating the Puritans' deep conservatism.) Sym also discussed at length such psychological states as melancho...

We will demonstrate Interactive Books that children English can use independently to learn to read English texts accurately, fluently and expressively. The books feature Marni, a bilingual virtual reading teacher. Marni first familiarizes children with text by narrating it in the child’s first language, (currently, either Chinese or Spanish), followed by narration and read along activities in E...

When counting, the final word used to tag the final item in a set represents the cardinality, or total number, of the set. Understanding of this concept serves as a foundation for children’s basic mathematical skills. However, little is known about how the early learning environment can be structured to help children understand this important concept. The current study examined the effects of t...

“hedayat al-motealemin fi teb”, written by abobakr ebn ahmad akhaveini in the fourth century, (ah) is his only book left to the present time. from historical prospective, it is, by far, the first medicine book written in farsi. today, there are only three copies of the book kept in badlyan libraries of oxford, fateh library of istanbul and malek library of tehran. the reviews done on the three ...