A search of historical documents about suicide in Siberian tribes in the 18th and 19th centuries indicated that they had very high suicide rates. It would be of great interest to explore suicidal behavior in these tribes today.

The persistence of African cultural traits among Black Americans has long been recognized. Elements of present-day Afro-American speech, music, dance, and diet have been identified as African in origin (e.g ., Blassingame 1972; Garrett 1966; Lomax 1970). It is likely that during the 18th and 19th centuries such elements were more pronounced than today. As Blassingame writes: "The most remarkabl...

Modern science means that which has a solid conceptual framework, and which considers experimental results as the ultimate litmus test against which to validate any theoretical construct. Its birth can be traced back to the 16th and 17th Centuries. The work of people like Nicholaus Copernicus, Galileo Galilei, Johannes Kepler, William Harvey, Vesalius, and others was seminal to this development...

conclusions this study presents medical and pharmacological approaches in itm for dealing with complications arising from constipation. considering the optimistic results, these herbs can be used as a means of constipation management and further investigation into this area can potentially lead to the formulation of new drugs. results in itm doctrine, laxatives are weak purgatives that lead to ...

services were provided for the well to do. During the 17th and 18th Centuries the provision of private services was a growth industry, as unfortunately it has again become in the latter part of the 20th Century. The private mad houses were frequently run by charlatans and were regarded with grave suspicion. This public unease became evident towards the end of the 18th Century when the treatment...