I could also have called this text a discussion about championships –– prvenstva in Croatian –– but the current social priorities of such a more Croatian title would have immediately categorised it in the anthropology of sport. My idea was to write in a general way about the priorities of our profession, and not about sports contests. Priority is precedence, but also a right to that very priori...

A text-book which has reached a fifth edition in thirteen years ought to be good either on its own merits or by comparison with others. It is unfortunately the case in this country that the popularity of a text-book depends as much on its reputation for enabling students to pass examinations as on its real worth as a means of education. Thus, in surgery, it might happen that the work of a capab...

the place and character are important factors of a novel. in fact place is a framework in which the events happen and is divided into two types: open & close. the character is a dynamic element in novel progression; while plays an important role in formation, evolution and presentation of the place related events. the character itself divides into different types which the present paper focuses...

The Libro de la anathomía del hombre is an exemplary case of a genre of medicomoral works that peaked in the Early Middle Ages and were still seen during the Renaissance. Although it is not, strictly speaking, an original treatise, it presents some relevant characteristics: it was the first anatomy treatise to be written in Spanish; epistemologically, it represents a turning point between Galen...

Abstract ‘Modern’ Salafis of the late nineteenth/early twentieth century have much more in common with contemporary ‘puritan’ than claimed recent scholarship. Indicative this is debate over whether it allowed to wipe socks during ritual ablutions ( wu??? ), a visual identity marker for Salafis. This recurrent theme polemics between four Sunni madhhab s and l?-madhhabiyya current associated Jam?...

Correspondence address: Carlos Alberto Cordeiro Abreu Filho. Av. Dr. Enéas de Carvalho Aguiar, 44. 2°andar. Cerqueira César. São Paulo, SP. CEP: 05403-001. Tel: (11) 3069-5014. E-mail: [email protected] Carlos Alberto Cordeiro de ABREU FILHO1, Luiz Augusto Ferreira LISBOA1, Luís Alberto Oliveira DALLAN1, Sérgio Almeida de OLIVEIRA1 Braz J Cardiovasc Surg 2005; 20(2): 167-173 REVIEW ARTICLE

Naṣīḥat al-muḥibb fī dhamm al-takassub bi-l-ṭibb, a largely autobiographical treatise by the otherwise unknown Cairene physician Ibrāhīm ibn Yuḥannā al-Wajīh al-Qalyūbī (fl. second half of seventh century AH/ thirteenth CE), offers unique account lives street medical practitioners. Although written as piece advice warning students about dangers that practice medicine poses for...