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An American obsession: science, medicine, and homosexuality in modern society

that). But in earlier times, castration made a man essentially null and void in terms of the economy of genders. That is, he was no longer a man, no longer a citizen, and no longer able to participate in some religious practices. This contrast between ancient and modern gender relations and their signifiers is captured in the opening anecdote where 48-year-old Taylor's 29-year-old girlfriend bo...

Science and society in modern Japan. Selected historical sources

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The legacy of Islamic world in modern medicine and science

The legacy of the Islamic world in medicine and natural science is the legacy of Greece, increased by many additions, mostly practical. Rhazes, the Iranian, was a talented clinical observer, but not a Harvey. Abd al-Latif, the Arab, was a diligent seeker in anatomy, but in no way to be compared to Vesalius. The Muslims possessed excellent translations of the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and ...

The legacy of Islamic world in modern medicine and science

The legacy of the Islamic world in medicine and natural science is the legacy of Greece, increased by many additions, mostly practical. Rhazes, the Iranian, was a talented clinical observer, but not a Harvey. Abd al-Latif, the Arab, was a diligent seeker in anatomy, but in no way to be compared to Vesalius. The Muslims possessed excellent translations of the works of the Hippocratic Corpus and ...