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- 601: Andrew Jackson
- ... that needed to conclude his feelings about events at that time. The following years after that, until he ventured into politics, included going from city to city in South Carolina seeking the horse-race and drinking his heart out. Uncontrolled and unrestrained by anyone or anything besides money, Andrew would come to see and do almost everything imaginable at that time in the United States. He had also gone into various ...
- 602: Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine
- ... the more significant works of the Hippocratic Collection is Airs, Waters, and Places, which, instead of ascribing diseases to divine origin, disusses their environmental causes. It proposes that considerations such as a town's weather drinking water, and site along the paths of favorable winds can help a physician ascertain the general health of citizens. Three other works- Prognostic, Coan Prognosis, and Aphorisms -advanced the then- revbolutionary idea that, by observing ...
- 603: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- ... and only play in November 1923 called The Vegetable or from President to Postman it flopped leaving Fitzgerald broken hearted and unmotivated. At this time the Fitzgerald's toured Europe and began their history of drinking and destroying their lives. In July, 1922, Fitzgerald wrote a note to a friend saying I want to see where I stand. I want to write something new something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and ...
- 604: The Ideal American: Malcolm Little
- The Ideal American: Malcolm Little America is interesting. It captures the imagination and attention of the world but almost all of the attention it receives is negative. A gas guzzling, beer drinking, loud, and highly violent culture are some of the more common attributes dumped on America. It's the mass murders, militia standoffs, and government scandals that make the foreign press headlines. Asia feels were lazy ...
- 605: George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House" - A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes
- ... his mental powers, in order to be able to blow up all profiteers and exploiters; and to attain the perfect state of tranquillity he calls "the seventh degree of concentration". The latter he achieves by drinking vast amounts of rum. "England", he says , "is a ship with a drunken captain and a negligent crew; the crew must learn to navigate if the ship is not to go on the rocks." Lady ...
- 606: The Discovery of The New World Changed European Conceptions, Views, and Material Conditions
- ... on America. Other historians believe syphilis existed in Europe long before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Syphilis affected European social behavior more than any area of life. People changed their normal daily habits such as drinking from common cups, using public bathhouses, and kissing each other as a sign of friendship. The fear of spreading/catching the disease kept people very distant from one another, causing a much different, unfriendly atmosphere ...
- 607: Medical Experiments in the Holocaust
- ... their purpose being to test the human potential for survival under harsh conditions and adaptation to such conditions, and to determine the means required for saving lives. Experiments involving high altitudes, freezing temperature, and the drinking of seawater were conducted by the German air force in cooperation with the SS, on prisoners in the Dachau concentration camp (Gutman 958). Experiments involving medical treatment took place in far greater numbers and consisted ...
- 608: Medieval Castles
- ... barracks for the men-at-arms and for servants, a chapel, and a storehouse. There was also an oven room where the bread was baked, a kitchen, a kennel for dogs, and a well and drinking fountain.. The largest building along the wall was the castle owner's home. It contained the apartment for the master and his family and a great hall. This great hall was the center of social ...
- 609: First Civilization Arose In Asia
- ... the Yellow River Valley in China in 1500BCE. These four agrarian societies could support much larger populations and were centered around rivers. The rivers played a major role in agriculture, food supply, controlling populations, transportation, drinking water, clay for bricks, and much more. The nature of each societies river determined their social and political structures, religious beliefs, and perspectives of life. They developed technologies, political systems, and writing systems to suit ...
- 610: The Protector Of The Scots And The Hammer Of The Scots
- ... had to get married and quickly! The King does marry a Counts daughter in 1284 however this is a little too late for the throne of Scotland. Shortly after his second marriage, the King is drinking one ill-fated evening with his nobles. He gets the notion to go and pay his new bride a visit, unfortunately this is a dark and stormy evening. His nobles try to persuade the King ...
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