""This book is the amazing story, told in his own words, of an American who fought in the French Army from the Second day after the war was declared in 1914 until the present time. His service included also special duty on the Russian front. The title, ""En L'Air,"" familiar to many American readers, is the command given aviators in the French Army to leave the ground on the duty to which r=they have been assigned."" This book is part of the World War One Centenary series; creating, collating and reprinting new and old works of poetry, fiction, autobiography and analysis. The series forms a...

This volume of studies seeks an anthropological view of medicine and the healing arts as they were situated within the lives of medieval people. Miracle cures and charms as well as drugs and surgery fall within the scope of the authors represented here, as does advice about diet and regimen. As well, the volume looks at wellness and illness in broad contexts, avoiding the tendency of modern medicine to focus on the isolation and definition of pathological states.