1888

Night Over the Rhone.” “He had a desire to depict accurately such observation, which he states in his letter to his sisters in September 1888, that close attention to the night sky reveals.” “That certain stars are citron-yellow, others have pink glow, or a green blue and forget-me-not brilliance”(Boime 3). “Van Gogh’s work printed from the end of 1888 onwards added a whirling, spiraling, undulating use of the line to his emphatic use of colour; attempted to articulate the mania the…

Portrait of a killer, By Patricia Cornwell, tells the story of a serial killer known as none other than Jack the Ripper. This including how the author herself believes she has discovered the identity of the murderer. Patricia Cornwell, the author, is a crime writer who is fascinated by medicine, forensic science, and crime. She researches crimes and makes discoveries, then writes about her findings. Portrait of A Killer is no exception to this matter, and one of the discoveries she believes she…

He became so confused that he cut off his left ear. “The next morning, Gauguin sent a telegram to Theo, who took the night train to Arles to visit his brother. In 1888 December Van Gogh commits himself to a mental asylum in Saint Rémy. Vincent Van Gogh was discharged from the hospital in Arles in January 1889”. His wounded ear healed, but his mental health remained unstable, resulting in his rehospitalization. “Fearing…

Martin Hall in 1888. Originally the company’s name was Pittsburgh Aluminum Company but in 1907 was renamed Aluminum Company of America. Alcoa is best known for its work with lightweight metals and today “Alcoa is a global leader in lightweight metals technology, engineering and manufacturing” (Alcoa Corporate Overview). In 1890 the company was trying to find a market for aluminum products. The first big product manufactured with Alcoa’s aluminum was aluminum tea kettles. Between 1888 and 1897…

According to the Digestive Endoscopy, Ménétrier's disease was coined and described in 1888 by a french physician named Pierre Eugène Ménétrier. In a case report about the disease, Japanese healthcare professionals described the disease as an acquired disorder with premalignant tendency(Endo, Arimura, Adachi, Mita,Yamashita, Yamamoto, Shinomura, Ishii, 2012). Furthermore, the case report affirms that MD has the characteristics pertaining to “enlarged gastric folds within the foveolar…

Between 1888 and 1891, a total of 11 women, all of them in the profession of prostitution, were murdered in the Whitechapel district located in the east end of London. These murders were especially gruesome in the way each woman was killed. Although there were 11 murders, only five shared similar details, leading investigators to believe the other six weren’t connected to Jack or were copycats of his work. The first victim of the Canonical Five was Mary Ann Nicholas. On August 31, 1888, two…

In 1888, the infamous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, terrorized Whitechapel, a town in East London, for eleven months with a series of five, possibly eleven, murders. There were six other horrendous murders that came before the official five victims of Jack. There were many suspects during the Ripper investigation, but the police believed that either Joseph Barnet or Robert D’Onston was responsible. Jack was never identified or arrested because a year later, the murders stopped suddenly. The…

probation punishments were very harsh, and often lead to death. Over time we have developed these two systems to punish individuals, but at the same time help them learn how to live in the current society. The concept of parole was first discussed in 1888 in a report generated by the ND State Penitentiary directed to the governor of the Dakota Territory. A few years later, the ND State Penitentiary began an early release program for short-time prisoners. The ND Pardon Board took on the task…

different, but there are definitely similarities. Jack The Ripper. The world’s first labeled serial killer. The Ripper got his name for how he murdered and left his victims. He mutilated and ripped their bodies apart. The killings had started in 1888 in and around London’s Whitechapel district. The exact body count of The Ripper is unknown, but there were a total of eleven slayings in Whitechapel…

The only thing that is truly certain about Mary Jane Kelly life was that she died on November 9, 1888. Most of her life is shroud in mystery and filled with stories she told but supported by little evidence. Her former lover Barrett had the task of recounting her life during the investigation into her murder. It was said that she hailed from Limerick, Ireland. Mary suggested she had several brothers and sisters and some extended family that she at one time lived with, in Wales before she settled…