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Though the pathology of contagion was understood by Muslim physicians since the time of Avicenna (980–1037) who described it in The Canon of Medicine (c. 1020), [6] the first physician known to have made postmortem dissections was the Arabian physician Avenzoar (1091–1161) who proved that the skin disease scabies was caused by a parasite ...
War depictions in film and television include documentaries, TV mini-series, and drama serials depicting aspects of historical wars, the films included here are films set in the period from 1775 or at the beginning of the Age of Revolution and until various Empires hit roadblock in 1914, after lengthy arms race for several years.
early 19th century: adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 novel set during the Regency era in Great Britain Sense and Sensibility: 2008: early 19th century: adaptation of Jane Austen's 1811 novel set during the Regency era in Great Britain Pride and Prejudice: 1940: early 19th century: adaptation of Jane Austen's 1813 novel set during the Regency ...
Films set in 19th-century Russian Empire (3 C, 11 P) S. Sandokan films (8 P) V. Films set in the Victorian era (2 C, 87 P) W. Films set in the Kingdom of Württemberg ...
Category: Films by century of setting. ... Films set in the 19th century (40 C, 887 P) Films set in the 20th century (51 C, 129 P) Films set in the 21st century (17 C ...
Goodbye, 20th Century! (1998) Gypsy Magic (1997) Macedonian Blood Wedding (1967) Mirage (2004) Miss Stone (1958) Shadows (2007) The Great Water (2004) The Secret Book (2006) The Solun Assassins (1963) The Third Half (2012)
19th-century films (30 C) 20th-century films (80 C) 21st-century films (78 C, ... Road movies by century (5 C) Romance films by century (8 C) Russian films by century ...
1826 – Nicéphore Niépce takes the oldest known extant photograph, View from the Window at Le Gras. 1833 – Joseph Plateau (Belgium) introduces a scientific demonstration device that creates an optical illusion of movement by mounting drawings on the face of a slotted, spinning disk, later published as the Fantascope (and now better known as the Phenakistoscope).