Recueil des historiens des Gaules et de la France ...

Vols. 1-8 (1738-52) edited by M. Bouquet; v. 9-10 (1757-60) by J. B. Haudiquier and C. Haudiquier; v. 11 (1767) by E. Housseau, J. Précieux and G. Poirier; v. 12-13 (1781-86) by F. Clément and M. J. J. Brial; v. 14-18 (1806-22) by M. J. J. Brial; v. 19 (1833) by M. J. J. Brial, J. Naudet and P. C. F. Daunou; v. 20 (1840) by J. Naudet and P. C. F. Daunou; v. 21 (1855) by J. D. Guigniaut and J. N. de Wailly; v. 22 (1865) by J. N. de Wailly and L. V. Delisle; v. 23 (1876) by J. N. de Wailly, L. V. Delisle and C. M. G. B. Jourdain; v. 24 (1904) by L. V. Delisle.Vol 11 was published by L. F. Delatour et compagnie: v.12-13, Chez la veuve Desaint; v. 14-15, 21-22, Impremerie impériale; v. 16-20, Imprimerie royale; v. 23- Imprimerie nationale.Vol. 1 has engraved dedication.Half-title: Rerum gallicarum et francicarum scriptores.Title in red and black with engraved vignette in v. 1-13.Mode of access: Internet

Ophthalmology in North America: Early Stories (1491-1801)

New World plants, such as tobacco, tomato, and chili, were held to have beneficial effects on the eyes. Indigenous healers rubbed or scraped the eyes or eyelids to treat inflammation, corneal opacities, and even eye irritation from smoke. European settlers used harsh treatments, such as bleeding and blistering, when the eyes were inflamed or had loss of vision with a normal appearance (gutta serena). In New Spain, surgery for corneal opacity was performed in 1601 and cataract couching in 1611. North American physicians knew of contralateral loss of vision after trauma or surgery (sympathetic ophthalmia), which they called “sympathy.” To date, the earliest identified cataract couching by a surgeon trained in the New World was performed in 1769 by John Bartlett of Rhode Island. The American Revolution negatively affected ophthalmology, as loyalist surgeons were expelled and others were consumed with wartime activities. After the war, cataract extraction was imported to America in earnest and academic development resumed. Charles F Bartlett, the son of John, performed cataract extraction but was also a “rapacious privateer.” In 1801, a doctor in the frontier territory of Kentucky observed anticholinergic poisoning by Datura stramonium (Jimsonweed) and suggested that this agent be applied topically to dilate the pupil before cataract extraction. John Warren at Harvard preferred couching in the 1790s, but, after his son returned from European training, recommended treating angle closure glaucoma by lens extraction. Other eye procedures described or advertised in America before the 19th century included enucleation, resection of conjunctival lesions or periocular tumors, treatment of lacrimal fistula, and fitting of prosthetic eyes

Four-jet final state production in e+e- collisions at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV

The four-jet final state is analyzed to search for hadronic decays of pair-produced heavy particles. The analysis uses the ALEPH data collected at LEP in November 1995 at centre-of-mass energies of 130 and 136 GeV, corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 5.7 pb-1. An excess of four jet events is observed with respect to the standard model predictions. In addition, these events exhibit an enhancement in the sum of the two di-jet masses around 105 GeV/c2. The properties of these events are studied and compared to the expectations from standard processes and to pair production hypotheses