Adapting Impressionism: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Le Voyage du ballon rouge

Le Sacre du Big Red

Le syndrome du soleil levant

Morning glory syndrome or rising sun is rare congenital anomaly of the papilla by emergence of the optic nerve in the eye. It is sometimes associated with serious anomalies of the central nervous system. It reaches preferentially girls and most often unilateral. The circumstances of the discovery may be strabismus, amblyopia, nystagmus, leucocoria or refractive disorder. This syndrome may also ...

Le Probleme Biologique Du Cancer

This small book reviews briefly practically the whole field of cancer. The author starts with a discussion of the incidence of the disease in France and continues with a consideration of various predisposing factors which influence the frequency of tumors. The etiology of cancer is dealt with in two separate sections, the first in connection with a brief review of experimental growths, and the ...

Legal insanity, moral insanity, and Stendhal's Le rouge et le noir.

PROBLEMS pertaining to concepts of legal and medical insanity have long been present and at times seem to defy solution. Differing views of justice, the impulse toward revenge, and the devices to expiate guilt of the individual and society complicate further the complex currents of any era. They were with us in the aftermath of the killing of a President and the condemnation of his alleged assa...

Dedicated Caravan Sites for French Gens du Voyage

In France, gens du voyage ("people who travel" or "travellers") is a term used by the government to categorize various itinerant populations, the majority of which are diverse Romani groups. People categorized as gens du voyage are legally required to reside in particular locations called "dedicated caravan sites." Parliamentary debates about these dedicated caravan sites have clarified that on...