Historia de la medicina

Is it possible to create an enjoyable and mysterious history of literature? Every author—novelist, philosopher, poet, or essayist—has any enigma to offer or reveal, either about their lives or about their works. For instance, do we know exactly where Cervantes was born? Are we sure that Conan Doyle was not a murderer? Why did Comte decide to create his own religion? Did Jose Cadalso exhume his girlfriend's corpse? Was Corneille Moiré's ghostwriter? Was Berbiguier harassed by imps? Maybe Jules Verne did belong to a secret society. Have any works been inspired by dreams—or by insanity?...

José María Villa, en su libro “Los ojos que todo lo ven”, ha buceado en la historia para contarnos esas certezas que nos han sido ocultadas. Tal vez por razones económicas o factores de poder, la humanidad ha recorrido caminos insospechados. Gracias a su curiosidad y a su necesidad por encontrar argumentos sólidos a las tantas incógnitas que su mente le planteaba, un día surgieron “Escritos Profanos” lugar donde se fueron anidando sus capítulos: caminó por la cornisa de la incredulidad y se llenó de estupor cuando halló las repuestas. El entramado de las familias venecianas...

Hace milenios, el ser humano inventó la escritura para preservar sus pensamientos e ideas, plasmándolas en soportes y guardándolas a buen recaudo para garantizar su conservación, durabilidad y transmisión. Los documentos de archivo son instrumentos de valor jurídico y administrativo que nacieron para el buen gobierno de la sociedad y en ellos está latente su memoria. Clasificación: HBA, Historia: teoría y métodos (Original) - HBLH, Historia moderna: c.1450/1500-c. 1700 (Original) - HBLL, Historia contemporánea hasta el siglo xx: c. 1700-c. 1900 (Original) - 3J, Período moderno, c. ...

Mexican Army veteran Andres Duarte was granted 6,595 acres along the southern foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains in 1841 by the governor of Alta California. Rancho Azusa de Duarte eventually was carved into 40-acre parcels, and arriving families from the East and Midwest built schools, installed water lines, and grew crops. By 1900, two major rail lines served the area's thriving citrus industry. Duarte's beneficial climate led to the establishment in 1913 of a tuberculosis sanitarium, which became City of Hope, the world-class cancer treatment center. Bandleader Glenn Miller settled in...