Dominique Jean Larrey (1766-1842) was the chief surgeon in Napoleon's Imperial Guard, a dedicated doctor and soldier, a loyal subject in awe of his nation at the most ambitious moment in its imperialistic history, a devoted husband and father, and to the end of his life-a sworn devotee of his emperor, Napoleon. If Larrey was not particularly distinguished for surgical invention or theoretical m...

Dominique Jean Larrey (1766-1842) was the chief surgeon in Napoleon's Imperial Guard, a dedicated doctor and soldier, a loyal subject in awe of his nation at the most ambitious moment in its imperialistic history, a devoted husband and father, and to the end of his life-a sworn devotee of his emperor, Napoleon. If Larrey was not particularly distinguished for surgical invention or theoretical m...

School. Joining the Bristol Medical School in 1891, he qualified, in 1896, and following this held several resident appointments at the Bristol Royal Infirmary. He went into partnership with the late Dr. Irwin at Almondsbury, and, succeeding him, remained there in active practice until his death. MacWatters was of the best type of general practitioner, enthusiastic and thorough in his work, suc...

BACKGROUND: The Triple P-Positive Parenting Program is a behavioural family intervention program that aims to prevent severe behavioral, emotional and developmental problems in children by enhancing the knowledge, skills, and confidence of parents. OBJECTIVE: This study evaluated the effect of training general practitioners in the use of the primary care version of the TPP on their consultation...

Werner Forssmann, André F. Cournand, and Dickinson W. Richards were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1956 for seminal work on heart catheterization, Forssmann for his pioneering self-experiment, and Cournand and Richards for establishing heart catheterization as a standard diagnostic and treatment procedure in cardiology. Forssmann's self-experiment pushed the boundaries of medicine into a new era an...

The Edinburgh surgeon-apothecary and physician George Young was an empiric who emphasised observation, practical experience and a sceptical approach to evidence in medicine. He was an early member of the Rankenian Club, a group of young intellectuals whose ideas were to be at the heart of Scottish Enlightenment thinking. Young certainly influenced his pupil Robert Whytt, who went on to make imp...

In a group of articles published within the past few years' 7 renewed effort was made to provide status for the general practitioner by extending his training and furnishing him with a more attractive job description. It is the purpose of this article to elaborate the thesis that it is not possible to restore the general practitioner, because of the passing of an era and its social setting, nor...

the influence of persian poetry on american literature is one of the discussions that have been reviewed to a lesser degree by those, who have done research in the field of comparative literature. the subject of the current article is to examine the influence of hafez of shiraz on the romantic poet and the transcendentalist philosopher, ralph waldo emerson. the given research first gives a shor...