In the midst of the 1853 yellow fever epidemic‚ physician Samuel A. Cartwright published “Prevention of Yellow Fever” in the New Orleans Medical and Surgical Journal. After introducing the predominant theories of disease transmission‚ contagionism and non-contagionism‚ Cartwright characterizes these ideologies as groundless “relics of medieval science … not derived from nature or the observation of facts” (292). Cartwright notes that the contagionists’ emphasis on strict quarantines had historically
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people eat today in what their main diet is‚ rare meals‚ and events in which they had all the extravagant food. The Romans mostly had a diet that consisted of grains. “Cereal was the main part of their diets” (Cartwright). Cereal
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Visual Culture” written by Marita Sturken and Lisa Cartwright‚ the myth of photographic truth is addressed. Sturken and Cartwright stated that “photography[…] was developed in Europe during the mid-nineteenth century‚ when concepts of positivist science held sway” (Sturken and Cartwright 17). Positivism is a philosophy deems that “scientific knowledge is the only authentic knowledge and concerns itself with truth about the world” (Sturken and Cartwright 17). This philosophy suggests that machines are
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The Inca Civilization was a large empire that was over 2‚500 miles in length and ruled in South America from around 1400AD to 1533AD (Cartwright) (Ellis and Esler 197). Though it only lasted for about one hundred years‚ the Incan Empire was very powerful and well organized‚ which allowed its rulers to control such a huge area and the empire to flourish (Cartwright). This empire displayed amazing architecture‚ various public works‚ distinct social classes and all of the other necessary components
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Success Story By James Gould Cozzens I met Richards ten years or more ago when I first went down to Cuba. He was a short‚ sharp-faced‚ agreeable chap‚ then about twenty-two. He introduced himself to me on the boat and I was surprised to find that Panamerica Steel & Structure was sending us both to the same job. Richards was from some not very good state university engineering school. Being the same age myself‚ and just out of tech‚ I was prepared to patronize him if I needed to; but I soon saw I
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important for explaining whether crime is a normal or abnormal (pathological) social phenomenon (Cartwright‚ 2011). It describes a lack of social norms‚ lawlessness and normlessness (Cartwright‚ 2013). In detail‚ it is a breakdown of social bonds between an individual and the community. This theory was first coined by Emile Durkheim‚ a French sociologist in his book Suicide published in 1897 (Cartwright‚ 2013). Later on‚ Robert Merton‚ the President of American Sociological Association‚ developed
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strict regulations and restrictions on who can use it. In the article “Weed All About It‚” Gary Cartwright gives ample evidence and quotations from experts that form his pro legalization argument: “In 1988 the Drug Enforcement Administration ’s chief law judge declared that ‘marijuana‚ in its natural form‚ is one of the safest therapeutically active substances known to man’" (87). Cartwright goes into specific ways that
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profile about the work Rosalind Cartwright did in regards to dream research. The beginning of the article is about how Cartwright used her dreams to make an important life decision. She couldn’t decide on whether to play it safe and remain a professor at a University‚ or take a position as a leader in the psychology department at medical school that would be exciting‚ but could also be very frustrating. While most people do not realize the importance of their dreams‚ Cartwright does‚ and helped her decide
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Introduction The Parthenon and Pantheon were both religious temples. Being built approximately 500 years after the Parthenon (Silverman‚ n.d.; Cartwright‚ 2013b) ‚ the Pantheon takes influence from the Greek structures that preceded it. While features like the Pantheon’s dome shows that the Romans added their own touches to the design and style of the temple. The Parthenon The Parthenon in Athens was built between the years 447 and 432 BCE to replace two previous temples (Silverman‚ n.d.). The
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Numerous examples of Tyrannies existed in ancient Greece‚ notable examples being Dionysios of Syracuse who ruled from 405 B.C. and his son Dionysios II‚ who assumed power in 367 B.C. (Cartwright‚ 2013). Further examples are Pesisistratos in Athens who ruled around 560 B.C‚ Pheidon in Argos and Lykophron in Thessaly (Cartwright‚ 2013). Though the word Tyranny has a bad connotation in our day and age‚ this does not infer that all Tyrants that ruled in ancient Greece were necessarily harsh rulers (Kokemuller
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