: Prelude to East African History . Merrick Posnansky.

East African doctors: a history of the modern profession

available to surgeons is most clearly seen in the field of dental surgery. Scientific and technical knowledge increased so much that some surgeons began to specialize in certain fields of which dentistry was one of the first to develop. By the start of the eighteenth century it was possible for some surgeons in Paris to exist solely as dentists, the most notable example being Pierre Fauchard, a...

Prelude to a Kiss

We consider expanding maps of the circle with an almost neutral fixed point c. In this setting the ergodic averages of a smooth observable A satisfy the Central Limit Theorem. If A(c) = 0 we show that the expectation and the variance behave as the square root of the multiplier of c times rapidly oscillating functions of parameters.

East African medical attitudes.

An overview of traditional views and practices is taken primarily from studies o, fifteen tribal societies. An emphasis on supernatural causes of disease, a dependence upon witchdoctors who utilize herbal and ritual remedies, and the use of surgical techniques were features common to most groups. Numerous health problems are shown to result from traditional beliefs. Among them ate dietary defic...

On Defining African Philosophy: History, Challenges, and Perspectives

The Impact of the Geologic History and Paleoclimate on the Diversification of East African Cichlids

The cichlid fishes of the East African Great Lakes are the largest extant vertebrate radiation identified to date. These lakes and their surrounding waters support over 2,000 species of cichlid fish, many of which are descended from a single common ancestor within the past 10 Ma. The extraordinary East African cichlid diversity is intricately linked to the highly variable geologic and paleoclim...