The classical Heron problem states: on a given straight line in the plane, find a point C such that the sum of the distances from C to the given points A and B is minimal. This problem can be solved using standard geometry or differential calculus. In the light of modern convex analysis, we are able to investigate more general versions of this problem. In this paper we propose and solve the fol...

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Until recent times, historians of medicine have almost exclusively written monographs and articles intended for a scholarly audience of their peers, and, in spite of the universal interest in health we now share with the public at large, little of this information has found its way to a general readership. This richly illustrated volume seeks to remedy such a deficiency, and in that endeavour s...