Insanity Brands and Great Men From Grasset Study
The article surveys types of insanity such as megalomania and sitomania, noting how grand figures like Tolstoy, Socrates, Baudelaire, and Napoleon displayed semi insanity or eccentric traits. It cites Grasset and explores how brilliance often coexists with mental imbalance, shaping fame and behavior across history.
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Grasset
Prof
New York Sunday World
Tom Man
Telstoi
Telstol
Dr. Berce
Tolstoi
Ossip Lourie
Tolstal
Ames
Pascal
Auguste Comte
Lake d'Enghein
Walter Scott
Gorks
Inez
Guy de Maupassant
Paul Bowrxet
Villemain
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Gerard de Nerval
Tuileries
Botton
Baudelaire
Alfred de Musset
Cafe de la Regence
de Musset
Napoleon
Zola
Balzac
Man with Beard Visits Mule Restaurant Music Box
A man with an eight day beard enters a modest Mule restaurant to eat lunch and use the coin operated music box. After a five cent coin gets stuck, he shrugs off the machine and pays for a roast beef sandwich, then walks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Press
Wiped England Off The Map Claim From Bolivia Tale
Indianapolis News recounts a claim by Frank Roberson that Bolivia erased Britain from maps after a diplomatic dinner incident. He describes map changes showing Britain sunk beneath the sea, with Bolivia issuing new maps and teaching materials reflecting the change. The account centers on a fanciful tale of mapmaker revenge and national pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivia
England
Frank Roberson
Helmvia
Rollyia
Great Britain
British Isles
Indianapolla News
Ice in Dentistry Advances From Ice to Cold Air
The article traces early dental use of ice in the freezing system, then notes a shift to cold air for numbing, replacing the old practice. It recounts Americans using iced water and describes the primitive method of packing ice in bags against the jaw to numb teeth before extraction, contrasting with modern techniques.
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London
America
Peruna editorial claims high efficacy of a herbal remedy
An editorial extols Peruna as a catarrh remedy citing ingredients like Corydalis Formosa Cedron seeds and Oil of Copaiba. It quotes U S dispensatories and authorities Barthlow Scudder and Collinsonia Canadensis to claim Peruna’s superiority for chronic catarrh and related conditions, asserting ample medical authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Masskney
Bartholow
Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolina
Scudder
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Pope
Henry S. Atkins
St. Louis Asylum For
Atkins
Moody
Siot
Peruna Editorial
W.l.douglas
Eee
Moria
T of the
Mont Freunt
Mit de
Jaques Mig
Chicago
Lodzer
Fluegende Britter
Winaton
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