Sushruta, also spelled Suśruta, (flourished c. 6th century bce), ancient Indian surgeon known for his pioneering operations and techniques and for his influential treatise Sushruta-samhita, the main source of knowledge about surgery in ancient India. In the first monarchic age (2700 BCE) the first treaty on surgery was written by…
It is a newspaper that reveals Nagase is still alive. Patti and Finlay show it to Eric. Nagase makes money by giving tours of the railway. Eric says he used to dream about finding the interpreter and torturing him, but now he is a husband. The Railway Man is a…
The Rubáiyát is the work of Omar KhayyámOmar KhayyámKhayyam also contributed to the understanding of the parallel axiom. As an astronomer, he designed the Jalali calendar, a solar calendar with a very precise 33-year intercalation cycle that provided the basis for the Persian calendar that is still in use after…
1- “We live for books.” … 2- “Books are not made to be believed, but to be subjected to inquiry. … 3- “To survive, you must tell stories.” … 4- “I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying…
Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965), was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that the Constitution of the United States protects the liberty of married couples to buy and use contraceptives without government restriction. Griswold appealed her conviction to the US Supreme…
” Swayin’ to the Music (Slow Dancin’) “, initially titled ” Slow Dancing “, is a song written by Jack Tempchin. Under the title “Slow Dancing”, the song originally was a minor US hit in 1976 for the band Funky Kings (of which Tempchin was a member). “Slow Dancing” –…
John Philip Sousa’s Semper Fidelis March, performed by the United States Marine Corps Band in June 1909 on Edison Records. “Semper Fidelis”, written in 1888 by John Philip Sousa (The March King), is regarded as the official march of the United States Marine Corps. Semper Fidelis (march) “Semper Fidelis”, written…
“Sweet Love” was written by Chris Brown, Cory Marks, Greg Curtis, Jamal “Polow da Don” Jones, Jason “JP” Perry and Tommy Doyle Jr., while the production was handled by Polow da Don and Perry. The audio mixing was completed by Jaycen Joshua, with assistance by Trehy Harris. Curtis played keyboards…
Muzio Clementi wrote more than 110 piano sonatas. He is well known as “The Father of the Pianoforte”. Clementi’s Opus 2 was the first real piano sonata composed. The much younger Franz Schubert also wrote many. The 32 sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven, including the well-known Pathétique Sonata and the…
“Tear down this wall”, also known as the Berlin Wall Speech, is a speech delivered by U.S. President Ronald Reagan in West Berlin on Friday, June 12, 1987. In the post- Cold War era, it was often seen as one of the most memorable performances of an American president in…