Past times: A biochemical correspondent

Child Life in past Times

ferable struggle to live and the necessity of preserving a healthy verile stock probably stated their attitude to their weaker brethren. Many peoples including the Spartans, elts and Romans, for instance, required all newly born infants to submit to searching ?Crutiny to exclude evidence of poor development and physical defect. Some even lri:iposed rigorous tests of fitness, as for example the ...

From Our Foreign Correspondent

care professionals. We were overwhelmed by the warmth of our reception, and the friendship shown to us by the Chinese people. Since the revolution in 1949 health care in China has undergone radical reform, western-style medicine has become firmly established alongside the traditional Chinese medicine, and is the first choice for the majority of young Chinese, particularly in the urban areas. Th...

From Our Foreign Correspondent

Tiring of the touts and tourists in Kathmandu, I decided to travel to Pokhara to see the sun rise over Annapurna. In order to experience the rural way of life of the Nepalese, I scorned the comfortable tourist-bus in favour of the service-bus used by the peasants. At ?1.30 for a journey of 130 miles it seemed a bargain? but subsequent experience proved otherwise. Kathmandu bus-station is a mech...

Introduction: Poverty and Charity in past Times

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