his statement "Whether Greek is compulsory or not, Latin cannot be omitted from a good education" would receive other than partial support. He would have mourned the eclipse of King James I's version of the Bible by modern translations. This essay is of broad interest and can be recommended to all medical practitioners. It could be profitably entered into the already overcrowded undergraduate c...

seems to be original. This goes to show that the human foetus exhibits signs of animation parallel with those of bodily configuration. In significance and purpose Albertus' observation is, therefore, far removed from Harvey's ideas, although the method is the same. It is not unlikely that Harvey was familiar with Albertus' text in which comparative embryology was treated on a broad Aristotelian...

The Edward Kremers Award for 1968 will be awarded to Dr. Martin Levey. This award was established by the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy to recognize distinguished writing in pharmaceutical history by an American scholar. It was established in honour of the late Edward Kremers, a distinguished figure in American Pharmaceutical Education who encouraged the study of pharmaceutical h...

author touches upon issues associated with " opting-out " of universal coverage to accept " customized " private services. A detailed econometrics exercise is then performed to determine the impact of " de-listing " services from a universal health plan. Other issues, such as the allocation of a doctor's time for private vs. public service and the ethics of private insurance marketing in a univ...