FACTS are stranger than HISTORICAL FICTION

IN CASE OF CHILD, TIE HANDS DOWN. PEARLS OF WISDOM FROM A FIRST AID GUIDE, 1946. Abrasions: Wipe surface clean, using lint. Too bad...

LAY PATIENT ON BACK, SEND FOR DOCTOR. FIRST AID ADVICE BY THE ORDER OF ST. JOHN, 1946. Douglas Fairbanks, Knight of the Order, 1958 ...

WE LIVE IN A WICKED, WICKED WORLD: JUAN VIVES’ LAMENT, 1526 In the air there are foul and pestilent emanations, the waters are unheal...

IS POVERTY HEAVEN-SENT? ADVICE TO THE POOR FROM JUAN LUIS VIVES. In 1526 the philosopher Juan Luis Vives published a treatise On the ...

ISN’T IT IRONIC? ALFRED NOBEL, MANUFACTURER OF DYNAMITE, SUPPORTER OF WORLD PEACE. Yes, Nobel had a fine sense of irony. He supporte...