Evidence for tuberculosis in 18th/19th century slaves in Anse Sainte-Marguerite (Guadeloupe - French Western Indies)

During the American colonization in the 18th and 19th century, Africans were captured and shipped to America. Harsh living and working conditions often led to chronic diseases and high mortality rates. Slaves in the Caribbean were forced to work mainly on sugar plantations. They were buried in cemeteries like Anse Sainte-Marguerite on the isle of Grande-Terre (Guadeloupe) which was examined by archaeologists and physical anthropologists. Morphological studies on osseous remains of 148 individuals revealed 15 cases with signs for bone tuberculosis and a high frequency of periosteal reactions which indicates early stages of the disease. 11 bone samples from these cemeteries were analysed for ancient DNA. The samples were extracted with established procedures and examined for the cytoplasmic multicopy β-actin gene and Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA (IS 6110) by PCR. An amplification product for M. tuberculosis with the size of 123 bp was obtained. Sequencing confirmed the result. This study shows evidence of M. tuberculosis complex DNA in a Caribbean slave population.

Rede am Erinnerungsfeste vaterländischer Krieger aus dem deutschen Befreiungskriege in den Jahren 1813, 1814, 1815 zu Blankenhayn am 16. Junius 1839 gesprochen und auf mehrseitiges Verlangen hier druckschriftlich wiederholt

von Ch. E. Anger

Constitutions-Buch der gerechten und vollkommenen deutschen Loge freier und angenommener Maurer, zur gekrönten Schlange in Görlitz : Sanctionirt den 24. Junius im Jahre des Lichts 5808

Lt. der in den Johannislogen verwendeten Zeitrechnung (plus 4000) ca. 1808 erschienen

Die sechzehn Satiren des Decimus Junius Juvenalis von Aquinum in deutschen Jamben nebst beigef., neudurchges. Urschrift

von Carl Hausmann

Predigt, bei der dreihundertjährigen Jubelfeier der Uebergabe des evangelischen Glaubens-Bekenntnisses zu Augsburg, in der Haupt-Pfarr-Kirche St. Maria Magdalena zu Breslau : am 25sten Junius 1830

gehalten von Johann Wilhelm Fischer, Königlichem Consistorial-Rath und Pastor der genannten Kirche

Process of Expropriation of Buildings for the Construction of the New Dock of the Port of Cartagena (Spain) in the 18th Century

The need of the Bourbon monarchy to build a Naval Base in the Bay of Cartagena (Spain) during the eighteenth century, implied performing various actions on the environment which allowed the construction of the new dock. One of the priority actions was the transformation of the watershed of the streams that flowed into Mandaraches´s sea. For this reason, a dike was designed and constructed in the northern part of the city. The design of this great work, which was designed as a fortification of the city, was subject to considerable uncertainties. Its proximity to the city involved the demolition of several buildings in the San Roque´s neighborhood. The greater or lesser number of affected buildings and the value of the just indemnification for the expropriation of them, become decisive factors to determine if the work was viable for the Royal Estate or not.

D. Jacobi Parez de Valêtia... In centû & quinquagita [sic] psalmos Dauidico quos oês a Dauid prophetice côpositos ad illustratione fidei nostrae conuincit...

Fecha en colofón

A new device for 100 per cent humidification of inspired air

A new humidifier for use during mechanical ventilation in endotracheally intubated patients is described and tested. The humidifier is based on a heat-moisture exchanger, which absorbs the expired heat and moisture and releases it into the inspired air. External heat and water are then added at the patient side of the heat-moisture exchanger, so that the inspired gas should reach 100% humidity (44 mg/l) at 37°C. In bench tests using constant and decelerating inspiratory flow and minute volumes of 3–25 l the device gave an absolute humidity of 41–44 mg/l, and it reduced the amount of water consumed in eight mechanically ventilated patients compared with a conventional active humidifier. During a 24-h test period there was no water condensation in the ventilator tubing with the new device.

A Poetical essay delivered at Commencement H. College, July 18th AD 1781, by Mr. Jno Davis (manuscript copy), ca. 1780s

Paper-notebook copy lacking covers with a copy of John Davis's 1781 Commencement poem. The Harvard College Library stamp is on the front page.

A Poetical Essay deliver’d at Commencement, July ye 18th 1781, (manuscript copy owned by David Daniells)

Folio-sized paper unattributed copy of John Davis's 1781 Commencement poem. The last page is no longer attached. The last page is inscribed “From your Humble Ser’t David Daniells" and the verso has the phrases: "The amiableness of religions" and "Constantinople burnt to ashes."