Eminent engineers

Eminent venereologists 2. Benjamin Bell.

The late 18th century was a time ofsexual latitude, and genital discharge and ulceration following "impure coition" were common. Gonorrhoea virulenta and Lues venerea (syphilis) were recognised clinically, but they were thought to be the same disease. The natural history of syphilis itself was poorly understood, and little was known about other causes of genital ulceration. Surgeons, physicians...

Are software engineers true engineers?

Are software engineers engineers? Or more exactly: Can software engineers legitimately be called engineers? This is an ambiguous question. Its interpretation depends on the situation in which it is asked. It might be asked in a situation in which practice-oriented engineering disciplines have more chances to be sponsored publicly: In this case it would be the question if software engineering sh...

The Frontier of Eminent Domain

Christopher Wolfe : That Eminent Tribunal

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Eminent venereologists 5: Carl Credé.

Carl Siegmund Franz Crede (fig 1) was born in Berlin in 1819 where his father, who was a French immigrant, held a senior appointment in the Ministry of Health and Education. After attending the Friedrich-Wilhelm Gymnasium, Crede studied medicine at the University of Berlin. He spent a semester at Heidelberg, where he met the famous obstetrician Franz Naegele, and graduated in 1842, with a thesi...