Students notoriously vote with their feet, seeking out the best and most innovative teachers of their subject. The most ambitious students have been travelling long distances for their education since universities were first founded in the 13th century, making their own educational pilgrimage or peregrinatio. This volume deals with the peregrinatio medica from the viewpoint of the travelling students: who went where; how did they travel; what did they find when they arrived; what did they ...

The central proposition of this book is that the great anatomists of the Renaissance, from Vesalius to Fabricius and Harvey - the forebears of modern scientific biology and medicine - consciously resurrected not merely the methods but also the research projects of Aristotle and other Ancients. The Moderns' choice of topics and subjects, their aims, and their evaluation of their investigations were all made in a spirit of emulation, not rejection, of their distant predecessors. First publis...

The eighteenth-century practitioners of anatomy saw their own period as 'the perfection of anatomy'. This book looks at the investigation of anatomy in the 'long' eighteenth century in disciplinary terms. This means looking in a novel way not only at the practical aspects of anatomizing but also at questions of how one became an anatomist, where and how the discipline was practised, what the point was of its practice, what counted as sub-disciplines of anatomy, and the nature of arguments ...

Admiral Andrew Cunningham, best remembered for his courageous leadership in the Mediterranean in the Second World War, is often rated as our finest naval commander after Nelson, and indeed a bust of the Admiral was unveiled in Trafalgar Square close by his predecessor in 1967 by the Duke of Edinburgh. It was during the dark days of 1940–41, after the surrender of France and Italy's entry into the War and when Britain was fighting single-handed, that Cunningham held the Eastern Mediterranea...

The Enlightenment period, here understood as covering the years 1650 to 1789, is usually considered to be a period when religion was obliged to give way to rationality. With respect to medicine this means that the religious elements in the treatment and interpretation of diseases to all intents and purposes disappeared. However, there are growing indications in recent scholarship that this may well be an overstatement. Indeed it appears that religion retained many of its customary relation...

A Dusty Tomes Audio BookIn Cooperation with Spoken RealmsThe Confederation and the Constitution, 1783–1789 by Andrew Cunningham McLaughlin, LLB, Professor of American History at the University of Michigan. 1936 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History for his book A Constitutional History of the United States.Narrated by Joseph TablerVolume 10 of 27 in The American Nation: A History published by Harper Brothers (1904–1918) Edited by Albert...

First published in 1951, this is the autobiography of a distinguished commander of WWII. Serving in both wars, he was Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean at the outbreak of war, forced to cope with inadequate resources and virtually no air cover. After a short spell in Washington as a Naval Representative he returned as Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean and worked with Eisenhower and Alexander.His unique insight into the meetings with Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt make this a riveting...

Togawa leaves our world behind, following Matsubue into the Meikai. There, they encounter a mystery Spiral once worshiped by the ancients. It offers them new, happier lives--or death. Will they ever return to the world from whence they came

WHAT ARE REPLICAS, AND WHERE DO THEY COME FROM? I’m a replica—a copy who must fill in for her original whenever she’s asked. But now I’ve lost my purpose, and Sunao, my original, is starting to scare me. I can’t tell what she’s thinking at all. While she’s away on a school trip, Aki and I visit Ryou’s hometown, and I finally begin to unravel the mystery of my creation. But am I ready to face the truth of what I am and the secrets Sunao has been keeping from me?

A NEW STRATUM MEANS NEW MONSTERS ON THE MENU!The exciting large-scale PvP battle was full of challenges, forging bonds and deepening friendships between Maple Tree and the other top players. Now that it has come to a spectacular close, the game admins announce the opening of the tenth stratum. The map is the largest yet, and a super-boss is hiding somewhere in that vast area. Everyone is hyped to start exploring and pitch in to track down the boss, so Sally and Maple kick things off by…pre...

Drunken Dreams Determine Devoted DesolationMatsubue and Togawa are on the outs - all because he had a dream about.. himself? But not himself. But still himself. It turns out escaping from the Meikai isn't as easy as anybody hoped for, and even second chance reboots get sucked back when the original's in need. Can this Matsubue save the original?

Sunken ships, lost treasure, and underwater adventure!Maple Tree arrives on the eighth stratum to find a whole new world under the sea. They’ll have to dive deep to explore and master fighting in the water. Maple’s defense build isn’t designed for the speed and agility required to swim, but she’ll find a way! Thankfully, Sally’s already a skilled swimmer. With her help, the rest of the guild heads out to find what awaits them on the ocean floor—and what lurks in the dark depths...