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Montreal anesthesiologist Harold Griffith changed the practice of surgery with the introduction of curare, a South American arrow poison.

Our world is a strange place full of incredible things. We take a lot of that for granted. We’ve seen all the weirdness of our world for so long that we

In another blow for Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF), commercial litigation partner Radford Goodman has left for Mishcon de Reya. Goodman joined Mishcon’s insol

We are diving into a piece of history that has withstood the test of time, standing tall and proud in the heart of St Ann, Jamaica. In 1534, the Spanish settlement of Sevilla la Nueva decides to elevate its game, literally, by moving from the...

Many of the paintings in the European art section of the Baroda Museum were donated by Maharaja Sayajirao III as he felt it was important that the public should be able to access them.

[Many thanks to Michael O’Neal (Slavery, Smallholding and Tourism) for bringing this item to our attention.] “The Native people of Hispaniola were long believed to have died out. But a journalist’s search for their descendants turned up surprising results.” In this fascinating article, Robert M. Poole (contributing editor, Smithsonian Magazine) explores the vestiges of Taíno peoples and…

The Native people of Hispaniola were long believed to have died out. But a journalist's search for their descendants turned up surprising results

US and EMEA managing partners to lead global giant for interim period

Plus Ultra: Cortés and the Mexica

There are some relevant lots in the Sotheby's New York Americana sale on Monday, January 23, including a 1927 publication agreement for Charles Lindbergh's book about his transatlantic flight ($15,000–20,000); a group of five seventeenth-century letters and documents about Britain's colonies in the American northeast ($15,000–25,000); a subscriber's copy of the octavo edition of Audubon's Quadrupeds in the original parts ($15,000–25,000); and several plates from th...