The first part of this paper surveys the current literature in the history of nineteenth-century mathematics in order to show that the question “Did the increasing abstraction of mathematics lead to a sense of anxiety?” is a new and valid question. I argue that the mathematics of the nineteenth century is marked by a growing appreciation of error leading to a note of anxiety, hesitant at first ...

by the Group a recognizable pattern of the pre-industrial western European family can be detected. Mr. Laslett's classic paper on the villages ofClayworth and Cogenhoe, where this was first revealed, is here, as is one on long-term trends in bastardy. There are others on parental deprivation, the history of aging and the aged, age of sexual maturity in Europe since the Middle Ages, and the hous...

There is one period which you should regard your own, not only for the development of science and medicine in your own continent [of Australia], but also generally for the history of medicine and the history and philosophy of science as it is developing so rapidly today. It is a great century and it will come to be regarded as undoubtedly the greatest of centuries-greater than the Renaissance. ...

RESUMEN: This paper has both substantive and methodological concerns: Substantively, it is concerned with changes in the treatment of the concept "enlightenment" over the course of the nineteenth century. Its goal is to track the transmission, translation, and appropriation of German discussions on the nature, ends, and implications of Aufklärung into English. Its particular focus lies with the...

English literature is by no means rich in medical biographies and any worthy additions to the historical shelves of our libraries are very welcome indeed. These seventeen essays on distinguished doctors of the last century are important from an historical point of view, and they also form very good reading matter. The biographies are peculiarly satisfying, but it is hard to say what is the part...

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interrelated combination of philosophy and practice" (p. 41). When speaking of conception, Trogawa accepts the Western biological notion of the union of semen and ovum (p. 48), which, as pointed out by Nawang Dakpa in his paper, 'Certain problems of embryology according to the Tibetan medical tradition' (pp. 82-95), is unknown to traditional Tibetan medicine (p. 84). Nawang Dakpa deals with som...