November 2009

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History of Asthma

Asthma was long considered a psychosomatic disease. Hippocrates, circa 450 BC, was the first to call the disease “asthma” and to recognize it as a medical condition. During the 1930s–50s, asthma was counted as one of the ‘holy seven’ psychosomatic illnesses; psychoanalytic theories described its aetiology as psychological, with treatment often primarily involving psychoanalysis and [...]

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The First of the Three Spirits

THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS
When Scrooge awoke, it was so dark, that looking out of bed, he could scarcely distinguish the transparent window from the opaque walls of his chamber. He was endeavouring to pierce the darkness with his ferret eyes, when the chimes of a neighbouring church struck the four quarters. So he [...]

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