AND TREATMENT.K Kita intm ?IV|.D'? ?By Donald Munro, A.B., 1 nKH 1 1 BJf WUI.aiU IV.UI..V, J/%n F.A.C.S. 1938. Oxford University Press, Lond Ppxxviii plus 412. With 62 illustration8' Price, 21s. Obtainable from Oxford Universe Press, Bombay and Calcutta The aphorism of Hippocrates that 'no head injur^t!g so trivial as to be neglected or so serious as to despaired of ' still holds good. With the...

would have been expressed in fewer words! Another gentleman with true military fortiter in re friendship, told me my pamphlet was tit to line trunks with, reminding one of what O'Connell said to a writer, *'1 saw an excellent thing in your last essay !" " What was it ? what was it ?" eagerly cried Scriblerus. "It was a mutton pie," replied O'Connell!. I have therefore good reason to remember Lo...

Abstract: Do people care about intentions? Good intentions often do not produce good results when a person tries to do something nice for someone else. In this paper, we ask under what circumstances do people pay attention to outcomes and under what circumstances do they focus on intentions. While the aphorism in the paper’s title suggests that outcomes play a larger role than intentions, our s...

Francis Bacon’s experimental philosophy is discussed, and the way in which it not only shapes scientific methodology but also deeply pervades all philosophical and social learning. Bacon draws us in to participate in an experiment with experience. The central driving force is the idea that learning how to learn is necessary in order to know. To meet this requirement, he considers the relation o...

OBJECTIVE To determine if one of Hippocrates' aphorisms, identifying good cognition and good appetite as two prognostic factors, predicts death in community living older adults in the modern era. DESIGN Secondary analysis of an existing population based cohort study. SETTING Manitoba Study of Health and Aging. PARTICIPANTS 1751 community living adults aged more than 65 enrolled in the Man...

When Dr. Giebisch called to ask me to speak at this dinner celebrating the 20th Anniversary of the Salt and Water Club, I violated a long standing principle. I said yes immediately over the phone, rather than giving his offer the mature consideration it deserved. After-dinner speaking is definitely not my forte. Then when Dr. Levitin called to reinforce the invitation, I asked him what I should...

According to a popular aphorism, biometrics are turning the human body into a passport or a password. As usual, aphorisms say more than they intend. Taking the dictum seriously, we would be two: ourself and our body. Who are we, if we are not our body? And what is our body without us? The endless history of identification systems teaches that identification is not a trivial fact but always invo...