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The book comprises biographical notes, of about 1000 words each, with a portrait photo, of 90 influential figures of the famous prewar Viennese school of neuropsychiatry, appearing together for the first time in a single volume. The entries focus on the academic lives and scientific contributions of pioneers in the neurological sciences viewed from a modern perspective. These updated profiles are based on substantial new research. The book includes a wide range of people, some famous Nobel laureates, and others less well known, from the era when Vienna was the epicenter of brain research. Despite the tragic circumstances of two World Wars, these pioneers remained resilient, willing to help o...
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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Imagine gardens all around your home filled with healing plants--flowers, shrubs, vines, and trees selected for their medicinal benefits. Follow the vision of a famous 19th-century pioneer of holistic medicine, Sebastian Kneipp. This guided tour takes you through a "nature garden"--specially designed for harmony of body, mind, and soul. Then charts based on the garden's 300 medicinal plants and herbs show how to grow and use the healing properties of various roots, branches, leaves, flowers, fruits, nuts, bark, oils, resins, tannins, and acids. Treatment instructions help prevent or heal a range of ailments including colds and coughs, joint and muscle pain, heartburn and abdominal pain, heart, bladder, kidney, and prostate problems, as well as aid to sleeping and treatment for stress and depression.