Witelonis perspectivae liber primus

Censorini de die natali liber

parts; an essay on the beginnings of American pharmacology; a bibliographic essay on the history of American pharmacology in academia, government, industry, and charitable foundations; and brief biographies of twenty-six prominent deceased American pharmacologists. The first part traces the evolution of pharmacology from primitive studies, through the work of Magendie and Bernard and the first ...

The Dispositional Genome: Primus Inter Pares

According to the proponents of Developmental Systems Theory and the Causal Parity Thesis, the privileging of the genome as “first among equals” with respect to the development of phenotypic traits is more a reflection of our own heuristic prejudice than of ontology the underlying causal structures responsible for that specified development no more single out the genome as primary than they do o...

Metatarsus primus varus. A statistical study.

A survey of 6000 schoolchildren discovered 36 cases of unilateral and 60 cases of bilateral hallux valgus, defined as a metatarsophalangeal angle of more than 14.5 degrees, measured on standing radiographs. Metatarsus primus varus was found not only in the early stages of hallux valgus but in the unaffected feet of children with unilateral hallux valgus. Adduction of the first metatarsal is not...

Prof. Dr. Joseph Sebrechts: "primus inter pares".

“Bruges possesses many treasures of art from previous centuries, but the living treasure of Bruges is certainly Professor Sebrechts” (). With these words, Queen Elisabeth honoured the surgeon with whom she had closely worked with the Belgian Red Cross (Fig. 1). A few weeks later, on Easter morning, March 28 1948, Joseph Sebrechts passed away due to bleeding oesophageal varicose veins, as a cons...

A method of correcting metatarsus primus varus; preliminary report.