![]() ![]() ![]() In this Curiosities of Medical History feature, we look at when, how, and why healers thought that prescribing mummy powder would be a good idea. One of these is ingesting mumia, mummy powder, or other human remains for the sake of health. Trepanation, drilling into the skull to relieve migraine or “release demons,” was a crude precursor to modern neurosurgery.īut the twilight of medical care features some even more chilling practices. Image credit: Zinnmann, 2014.Īt present, as we search for pathways to wellness that suit our needs and lifestyles, we often come across practices that seem bizarre at best and downright dangerous at worst.įrom the spurious yoni eggs to the supposed cure-all drug that was banned by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as potentially life threatening - plenty of so-called wellness products end up raising eyebrows, and with good cause.Īnd if 21st-century “wellness” territory can sometimes prove weird or even unsettling, it is no wonder that medical practices of hundreds of years ago are strange to navigate. Share on Pinterest Pictured is an apothecary vessel for mumia at the German Pharmacy Museum, in Heidelberg. ![]()
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![]() ![]() This line was actually written by Blaise Pascal. ![]() “I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time.” I don't know who makes that, but I think it must be raw apprentices in the weather-clerk's factory who experiment and learn how, in New England, for board and clothes, and then are promoted to make weather for countries that require a good article, and will take their custom elsewhere if they don't get it.” What Mark Twain did say: “I reverently believe that the Maker who made us all makes everything in New England but the weather. “Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.” What Mark Twain did say: “A successful book is not made of what is in it, but of what is left out of it.” 3. What Mark Twain did say: “Never put off till to-morrow what you can do day after to-morrow just as well.” 2. This quote has also been attributed to Agatha Christie, though neither source can be verified as the author of this line. ![]() “The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” Here are 10 quotes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn author likely never uttered (despite popular belief). Mark Twain provided us with some of the best quips of all-time-but he's also one of the most misquoted people who ever lived. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was 10 in 1968, as is Paddy, and I do remember that I was thinking a lot about my childhood, possibly anticipating my son's future. I don't really remember why I decided to write about a 10-year-old boy, or about that boy in 1968 - I don't remember the decisions. That there was still room in my life for writing. So, I started Paddy Clarke to prove to myself that I could - that it was permitted. But the other definition I'd only been getting the hang of, novelist, was being nudged aside, becoming a hobby or a memory. They were joking - I think - the friends who announced my retirement. ![]() I'd finished The Van, my third novel, the previous November and I remember being told, more than once, that it was the last book I'd write for a long time, until after the baby, and the other babies, had been fattened and educated. I started writing Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha in February 1991, a few weeks after the birth of my first child. ![]() ![]() ![]() The figurine had haunted Masuo since his first day at the Fushimi ward. “I can’t believe I slept with the idiot who broke the Mayumaro figurine.” “You’re Masuo?” Hayato’s eyes went wide, and he rubbed his temples. But as Hayato’s tragic past comes back to haunt him, Masuo wonders if he’s ready to carry all Hayato’s baggage.Ĭan the unlikely pair learn to accept each other and find their way to happiness even while new challenges arise, or is their love destined to fall like balls through a pachinko machine?īuy Addicted to Lust to find love in crime today! ![]() When Hayato realizes he’s falling for the young parlor manager, he is more than ready for fun. Assigned to run a failing pachinko parlor, Masuo is determined to turn it around to prove himself to everyone…especially his sexy superior. ![]() Masuo believes he and his boss made a deep connection, but when he’s blown off the next morning, he feels lied to. And just when Hayato thinks things can’t get worse, he accidentally gets blackout drunk and wakes up in the arms of a clingy underling. He can’t crash at his brother’s because his girlfriend is moving in. ![]() His boyfriend broke up with him, changed the locks, and kept all his stuff. This story is in the same universe as my Yakuza Path books, but they are separate series.Ĭan a night of passion lead to a happily ever after? Themes : Criminals & outlaws, grief, monophobia Tropes : Enemies to lovers, hurt/comfort, age difference, workplace relationship, one-night stand Book Title: Addicted to Lust (A Yakuza Path Romance) ![]() ![]() ![]() The manuscript, we were told, was a real submission to a real publishing house, though we didn’t know which one. I had to read and critique the story as part of my assessment for a publishing course I was enrolled in. Each page had a menacing watermark leaking underneath the words. In fact I didn’t even know the title, so to me it was just a series of words I scrolled through on my laptop (the file was locked from printing). ![]() When I read Conversations with Friends for the first time in 2016 it was just a manuscript, unedited and raw. job was to read stacks of manuscripts and write one-page reports on their literary value." "I had an internship in a literary agency at the time. ![]() 'A Question of Literary Value: A Review of Conversations with Friends,' by Cosima McGrath ![]() ![]() ![]() That they eat, sleep, and work side by side in the gossip-ridden mill town of Shirley Falls-a location fans of Strout will recognize from her critically acclaimed novel, The Burgess Boys-only increases the tension. In most ways, Isabelle and Amy are like any mother and her 16-year-old daughter, a fierce mix of love and loathing exchanged in their every glance. ![]() Pulitzer Prize winning author Elizabeth Strout's bestselling and award winning debut, Amy and Isabelle-adapted for television by Oprah Winfrey- evokes a teenager's alienation from her distant mother-and a parent's rage at the discovery of her daughter's sexual secrets. "A novel of shining integrity and humor, about the bravery and hard choices of what is called ordinary life."-Alice Munro Before there was Olive Kitteridge, there was Amy and Isabelle. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (This book was reviewed digitally.)įun enough to read once but without enough substance to last.Ī succession of animal dads do their best to teach their young to say “Dada” in this picture-book vehicle for Fallon.Ī grumpy bull says, “DADA!” his calf moos back. Fans of the crayon books may delight in another themed installment those who aren’t already fans will likely find it lacking. But the series’ original cleverness is absent here, leaving readers with a perfunctory recitation of attributes. Dot-eyed faces and stick legs on each object turn them all into comical, if similar, personalities. In Daywalt and Jeffers’ now-signature style, the crayon-written text is spare and humorous, while the crayon characters engage with each other against a bare white background, vying for attention. But they come together and agree that Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without all of them together. And Brown: cookies and reindeer! At this point, everyone is confused. Snow, anyone? But then there’s Silver: stars and bells. ![]() After spending the year being invisible, White isn’t giving up the distinction of association with Christmas. (Santa is depicted as a white-bearded White man.) Then White joins the fray. Green starts by saying that green is for Christmas. Familiar crayon characters argue over which color is the essential Christmas color. ![]() ![]() ![]() It was around this time that she wrote the poetry that would later appear in “The Apple Fall”, which is her first collection of poetry. She graduated from University of York after studying the subject of English, and taught English in Finland, as a foreign language. ![]() She used the different forms that she learned, and would write them down much later in life. First, she would learn all kinds of verse (be they hymns, ballads, or rhymes), before writing her own poems. She enjoyed poetry from the start of her childhood. She wrote poetry, short stories, and novels. She wrote stories for children, teens, and adults. She was nominated for and won many awards in her time some include a McKetterick Prize in the year 1994, for the novel “Zennor in Darkness” and the first Orange Prize Winner for her novel “A Spell of Winter” in the year 1996. In the year 1980, she was married to Frank Charnley, who is a lawyer. She had two kids (one son and a daughter), a stepson, as well as three grand kids when she died. Because she was a part of a giant family, she heard a lot of stories, not to mention the fact that the stories have different meanings to whoever hears them and it is possible to recast the stories from different perspectives. She was the second of four kids, and her father was the oldest of a dozen kids. ![]() Author Helen Dunmore was born on Decem(in Beverley, Yorkshire) and died on J(in Bristol, England) at the age of 64 of cancer. ![]() ![]() ![]() The cafe is fun and I anticipate it will be the setting for the subsequent books. It didn't give me lasting feels or cause me any strong emotions but there wasn't anything bad about this book. ![]() I gave this book It was very middle of the road and there is nothing wrong with that at all. In fact, I've already purchased the audio books for the next 3 books in the series so hopefully I enjoy those too. I enjoyed it so I will definitely read this author again. This is the first book that I have read by this author. Really wonderful job! A nice story by Jay Northcote, just what I expected from him. I've never heard him do so many different voices - kids, OAPs, all variety of accents. I was so pleased with Haimish Long's performance in the audio version of Rainbow Place. I really enjoyed the audio version of this story. Don't want to say to much and spoil this wonderful story. There are some wonderful and meaningful moments in the story. It is amazing how much voices from others can mess with your head. You have to feel for Jason who is having so much trouble accepting himself. ![]() I love the way that Seb has a dream and is willing to work for it. ![]() ![]() Patrick knows that better than anyone-because everything has a price, every debt always comes due, and it’s finally time for Patrick to pay his. The stakes have never been higher, failure has never been so deadly, and the Fates have never been kind to heroes. For when it tears, all hell will break loose, and the gods will be summoned to face a reckoning the world isn’t ready for. A Veiled & Hallowed Eve is the final book in the Soulbound series by Hailey Turner. ![]() The veil is always thinnest on Samhain, and what awaits them on the other side is the stuff of nightmares. ![]() With New York City under control of their god pack, Patrick and Jono must fall back on every alliance they’ve brokered to fill the front lines of a war coming directly to the city streets. With the future unknown, Jono will follow Patrick wherever he goes, even to Salem, where a family reunion reveals a bitter secret that was never going to stay buried. Jonothon de Vere knows survival isn’t a guarantee, but he’s desperate to keep Patrick safe, even as hope slips through his fingers. But truth alone can’t set Patrick free, and time is running out to stop the Dominion Sect from turning his father into a god. There’s no denying his past any longer, not after giving up the truth to save himself from a murder charge. SOA Special Agent Patrick Collins has lived a life full of lies, and it has finally caught up with him. ![]() Death is the last lover you will ever know. ![]() |