Wisdom from the well

The living wisdom : using local well driller

The low density of current groundwater instrumentation networks in developing countries, that are both cost and management intensive, is an impediment to informed management of groundwater. Counter to this, local knowledge of groundwater which is often perceptive has greater spatial coverage and can be obtained at a relatively lower cost. One efficient way to tap such local groundwater knowledg...

Wisdom from the past

Wisdom from the past

Wisdom from the past

by P. Watson Williams, M.D., Assistant Physician to the Bristol Royal Infirmary. "The Northern African seaboard has long been recognised as a region which presents many and great attractions as a winter resort for sufferers from various affections of the chest, and which is, at the same time, easily accessible to Europeans. Certain regions, more especially Algiers, have long successfully compet...

Wisdom from the past