Le Cimetière militaire roumain de Soultzmatt, inauguré en 1924 par le roi Ferdinand et la reine Marie Roumanie, a représenté tout au long du siècle écoulé théâtre d’un grand nombre cérémonies, rencontres visites officielles ou privées. Trois périodes sont à distinguer dans l’approche ces événements, correspondant chronologiquement aux trois régimes politiques qu’a connus Roumanie : royaume jusq...

In the past, all peoples of Caucasus considered marriage and family as greatest human values, a moral duty every person. Only made it possible to attract necessary working hands an ordinary peasant family, in future - increase its production potential at expense grown-up daughters especially sons. this conduct full-fledged economy also because traditional society there was strictly regulated in...

Chumash healing has been practiced in California for approximately 13 000 years. Chumash healers treat their patients with prayer, laughter, dreaming, phytotherapy, aromatherapy, healing ceremonies and other techniques. Healing involves first healing the spirit, then healing the body. Chumash people still maintain their unique identity. Chumash Healers still practice the ancient healing arts in...

Zootherapy is the treatment of human ailments with remedies made from animals and their products. Despite its prevalence in traditional medical practices worldwide, research on this phenomenon has often been neglected in comparison to medicinal plant research. This review discusses some related aspects of the use of animal-based remedies in Latin America, identifies those species used as folk r...

The Fetal Origins Hypothesis (FOH), put forward in the epidemiological literature and later flourished in the economics literature, suggests that the time in utero is a critical period for human development. However, much attention has been paid to the consequences of fetal exposures to more extreme natural shocks, while less is known about fetal exposures to milder but more commonly experience...

This review evaluates the medical literature for religious rituals or ceremonies that have been reported to cause infection. These include an ultra-orthodox Jewish circumcision practice known as metzitzah b'peh, the Christian common communion chalice, Islamic ritual ablution, and the Hindu 'side-roll'. Infections associated with participation in the Islamic Hajj have been extensively reviewed a...