The World of Anecdote ...
Author : Edwin Paxton Hood
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Anecdotes
ISBN :
Author : Edwin Paxton Hood
Publisher :
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 44,12 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Anecdotes
ISBN :
Author : Edwin Paxton Hood
Publisher :
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 1874
Category : Anecdotes
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Author : Edwin Paxton Hood
Publisher :
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 25,90 MB
Release : 1873
Category : Anecdotes
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Author : Shawn Callahan
Publisher : Pepperberg Press
Page : pages
File Size : 10,20 MB
Release : 2016-03-20
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ISBN : 9780992338558
Author : Andre Bernard
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 808 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 2000-09-21
Category : Reference
ISBN : 0446931268
From Hank Aaron to King Zog, Mao Tse-Tung to Madonna, Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes features more than 2,000 people from around the world, past and present, in all fields. These short anecdotes provide remarkable insight into the human character. Ranging from the humorous to the tearful, they span classical history, recent politics, modern science and the arts. Bartlett's Book of Anecdotes is a gold mine for anyone who gives speeches, is doing research, or simply likes to browse. As an informal tour of history and human nature at its most entertaining & instructive, this is sure to be a perennial favorite for years to come.
Author : Edwin Paxton Hood
Publisher :
Page : 732 pages
File Size : 14,35 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Anecdotes
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Author : Edwin Paxton Hood
Publisher :
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 40,75 MB
Release : 1870
Category : Anecdotes
ISBN :
Author : Edwin Paxton Hood
Publisher :
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 46,30 MB
Release : 1880
Category : Anecdotes
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Author : John Bartlett
Publisher :
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 15,93 MB
Release : 1856
Category : Quotations
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Author : Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 39,29 MB
Release : 2020-06-25
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ISBN : 019882792X
To my knowledge...no one...has ever written a comprehensive book dealing with physicians through the ages and recounting their history in a coherent fashion. So wrote Syrian physician Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah, circa 1243, as he embarked on the first world history of medicine ever attempted. Many physicians served at the royal courts of their time and were firmly part of the intellectual and cultural scene, where the ability to write stylishly and entertain one's peers in both prose and verse was the basis of social credibility. The work Ibn Abi Usaybi'ah created contains over 432 biographical accounts of physicians from those of ancient Greece, such as Galen, through Avicenna and Maimonides, to the author's own colleagues of the 13th century. As such, his work includes important accounts of medical activity in medieval hospitals. Through this book, a window opens not only on to the origins of the medical profession, but also into the truly multi-cultural, multi-religious world of the medieval Middle East. Anecdotes and Antidotes is an abridged version of this world history of medicine. It comprises 103 biographies of physicians and philosophers, organized geographically and chronologically, from the 4th century BC to the 13th century, and includes seminal Muslim, Christian and Jewish figures. It contains vital medical and historical information, as well as revealing the cultural values, interests and concerns of the literary and intellectual elite of the time.