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Short works #2: Leo Kofler and the Legacy of Tuberculosis.

Short works #2: Leo Kofler and the Legacy of Tuberculosis.

Have you ever heard of Leo Kofler? He was an Austrian-born singing teacher (1837-1908), who spent most of his career in the United States. His ideas were later taken up in Germany. You may hear the story that he cured himself of tuberculosis by singing. Spoiler alert: he
Maria Meindl 24 Apr 2025
Short works #1: On the face of it: Kate Gies's It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished (2025) and Louis Kuhne's The Science of Facial Expression (1917)

Short works #1: On the face of it: Kate Gies's It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished (2025) and Louis Kuhne's The Science of Facial Expression (1917)

Kate Gies's wonderful (and devastating) memoir, It Must Be Beautiful To Be Finished shows that the mainstream medical profession has a lot to answer for when it comes to deciding which bodies are "attractive," which ones need "fixing," and how all that should take
Maria Meindl 24 Apr 2025

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