Silent visitations and doctors notes on pain and death
The piece blends a meditation on memory and hope with medical notes on writer s cramp and a German method of treatment by Wolff in London. It also reports a Chinese Cradle of bodies tale Shen Pao and compares postmortem mutilation fears across cultures with capital punishment deterrents.
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St. Mary’s Hospital
Cramp
Scrivener
Julius Wolff
Paris
Charcot
Germany
Herr Wolf
London
de Watteville
Billroth
Vienna
Nussbaum
Munich
China
Shen Pao
Pekin
Tnis
Englent
America
South Africa
The Palm Tree in a Porto Rico Letter
A Porto Rico letter extols young palm trees as the tropics' most graceful sight, bending with hurricanes and shimmering green leaves in sunlight. It notes walking together can lift spirits, while brief thoughts of heaven do not spark religious heat, yet meditation deepens reflection.
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Porto Rico
Tropics
The Hammer as Work and World Power, a Beloved Tool
The piece extols the hammer as universal tool shaping warfare, industry, and civilization. It links the hammer to progress, culture, and wealth, claiming it sustains kingdoms, crafts crafts, and daily life from engines to ploughs.
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Forum
Greece
Rome
Jove
Vulcan
Crescent
Europe
Mohawmed
France
Christendom
Mussilinen
Martel
The Squirrel And Her Bauees In Toledo Creek Crossing
Old Toledo residents recall a unique emigration of squirrels near Ten Mile Creek. A mother squirrel ferried her two young across by dragging a bark raft to the water, guiding them aboard, pushing the raft downstream, and helping them reach the opposite bank where they scampered up the bank.
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Toledo
The Antil-Swearing Society of Florence origin tale
The article recounts how a Florence porters’ group formed a fine-for-oaths fund to aid the poor, growing into a powerful civic association with real estate and prominent members. It also notes a flea’s jumping distance and compares quadruped muscle power, highlighting the rabbit’s strong loin and back muscles.
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Florence
Piazza di San Giovanni
Lucas Borsi
Compagnia
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