A Note on Marinus of Alexandria

Abstract

Neurology in its modern sense was first studied in the well‐known neurological institutions of France and England. In America, however, this new field of medicine was developed by a physician in a private practice, Dr. William Alexander Hammond. This article addresses the question how Hammond was able to limit his practice to neurology. It is argued that Hammond was a famous military physician before becoming the first practitioner of clinical neurology in America. This fame translated into a large referral base.     

评西方学者的"萨摩亚问题"研究

19世纪末以来,西方学学术界在萨摩亚问题研究方面取得了很大进展,新的理论和方法的逐步采用使得对问题的研究到20世纪60、70年代时达到高峰。丰富的研究成果不仅提供了对萨摩亚国际争端基本状况、与此相关的大国政策和大国关系的基本描述,而且还能让我们从中清晰地寻见20世纪以来国际史学研究领域包括国际关系研究领域理论的发展脉络。     

Papadiamandis and Homer: A Note

Abstract

Meaningful allusion to the classics in Papadiamandis's work is not a matter of the text's being stuffed with overt classical references. In his early novels we find a large number of, as it were, classical one-liners: essentially undigested – or at best opportunistic – allusions. The technique is a less focused form of Roidis's in Pope Joan; perhaps a closer comparison is Kalligas's Thanos Vlekas, which is replete with Homeric allusions and puns, none of them integral to the narrative. Similarly, we find in early Papadiamandis a disorderly collection of allusions: Byron, Milton, Aesop, Sophocles, Juvenal, Homer et al.; and sometimes we see his allusiveness to be a mere tic of style rather than fully purposive. In other words, .it is as true here as elsewhere in Greek literary tradition that we need to sift meaningful from more or less chance allusion.     

Four - Footed Man: A Note on Greek Anthropology

SOCIAL ORIGINS.—Andrew Lang. PRIMAL LAW.—J. J. Atkinson.—Londres, Longmans, Green et Cie., 1903; p. xviii., 311. Reviewed by Emile Durkheim.

L'ANNÉE SOCIOLOGIQUE, publée sous la direction de Émile Durkheim, Professeur de Sociologie à l'Université de Bordeaux. Sixième Année (1901–1902). Paris : Félix Alcan. 1903. Reviewed by E. Sidney Hartland.

THE SILENT TRADE. A Contribution to the Early History of Human Intercourse. By P. J. HAMILTON GRIERSON. Edinburgh : W. Green and Sons. 1903. Pp. 1–112. Reviewed by A. C. Haddon.

STUDIES IN THE FAIRY MYTHOLOGY OF ARTHURIAN ROMANCE. By LUCY A. PATON, Ph.D. (Radcliffe), Boston, 1903. Reviewed by Jessie L. Weston.

CHINAMWANGA STORIES. Compiled and translated by EMMELINE H. DEWAR. Livingstonia Mission Press. 1900. Reviewed by A. Werner.

CUNNIE RABBIT, MR. SPIDER, AND THE OTHER BEEF. West African Folktales. By FLORENCE M. CRONISE and HENRY W. WARD. London and New York. 1903. Reviewed by A. Werner.

MACEDONIAN FOLKLORE. By G. F. ABBOTT, B.A., Emmanuel College, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press. 10s. 6d. Reviewed by W. H. D. R.

VESENNEYAH OBREEDOVAYAH PAYSNYAH NA ZAPADAY I SLAVAYN. (VERNAL CEREMONIAL SONGS IN THE WEST AND AMONG THE SLAVONIANS.) By E. V. ANITCH KOFF. PartI. (Ceremonial Songs.) Pp. xxix., 392. 8vo. St. Petersburg. 1903. Reviewed by W. F. Kirby.     

A Note on Medieval Peasant Demography

Abstract

The deed and mortgage registries of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries provide a revealing glimpse into the property and power relations of a community. Who owned what? Who was in a position to broker land deals or liens against property? Who accumulated land, and from whom did they acquire it? Consequently, property records are essential elements for understanding the spatial and relational aspects of property holding, especially in rural areas where other sources, such as city directories or fire insurance maps, are not available. Drawing upon her research of African American landowners in Georgia, the author discusses the basics of deeds and mortgages. She describes likely findings in land records and defines common terms and practices. She argucs that the practice of identifying the race of a grantor or grantee, using (col) or less frequently C. P. to denote skin color, varied over time and by locality. Reasons for this practice are discussed and some interpretive rules are offered that may help identify the deeds and mortgages of African Americans when skin color is not noted.     

Tongan and Samoan volcanic glass: pXRF analysis and implications for constructs of ancestral Polynesian society

A provenance study of volcanic glass specimens from 12 archaeological sites in the Kingdom of Tonga is carried out employing pXRF (portable X-ray fluorescence) analysis. To accomplish this, volcanic glass samples from previously identified sources in northern Tonga and the adjacent islands of Samoa are analyzed. Results indicate inter-island voyaging and interaction over a 600 km linear distance along the Tongan island chain from first Lapita settlement ca 2900 BP throughout later prehistory. Tongan volcanic glass, however, is not found in Samoa and, with the exception of one late prehistoric specimen, Samoan volcanic glass is not present in Tonga. This distribution challenges current concepts of an integrated ancestral society and homeland common to Tonga and Samoa from the Lapita period onward.     

A Note on Kalhori Kinship Terms

Despite the great number of studies conducted by Western scholars exploring kinship terminologies in different languages, there seems to have been little attempt at dealing with kin words in Iranian languages like Kurdish. More specifically, Kalhori, as a southern dialect of Kurdish, has rarely been subject to studies of this nature. Underlining the significance of such studies in the wider linguistic and anthropological contexts, this study attempts to explore kin words Kalhori speakers use to refer to or address their relatives. We also make an attempt to investigate the possibility of presenting a formal explanation of the terms by placing them in a componential analysis framework.