Adolf Schlieper was a German textile manufacturer who had gained some chemical experience working in the laboratory of Justus von Liebig, one of the leading chemists of the era.聽 Schlieper had...
During the first years of the twentieth century the demand for shellac outstripped the supply. People did not develop a sudden penchant for shiny furniture, but electricity was starting to take the...
I鈥檝e long been fascinated by space travel. I think I was first turned onto the idea back around 1957 with one of the first television shows I remember watching. 鈥淩ocky Jones, Space Ranger鈥� was a...
A 67-year-old Chinese man sought medical help in a Taipei hospital because of progressive muscular weakness. Aside from somewhat elevated blood pressure he had been in good health. Doctors could...
A snake coiled around a staff is a widely recognized symbol of healing.聽 The staff belongs to Asklepios, the mythical Greek god of medicine.聽 In ancient Greece the sick would go to be healed at...
Today female doctors are not a rarity. But that wasn鈥檛 always so. And that brings us to the fascinating case of Dr. James Barry, a military surgeon in the British Army who qualified for his medical...
The first British settlement in North America was established in 1607 and was named Jamestown, after King James I.聽 It was a little tobacco growing colony located on the east coast, in the region...
I remember the first time I ever smelled the fragrance of a skunk.聽 I thought someone had let off a stink bomb.聽 You see, even back then I was a lot more familiar with emissions from test tubes...
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