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Pyrotherapy (artificial fever) is a method of treatment by raising the body temperature or sustaining an elevated body temperature using a fever. In general, the body temperature was maintained at 41 °C (105 °F). [1] Many diseases were treated by this method in the first half of the 20th century.
It is a type of pyrotherapy (or pyretotherapy) by which high fever is induced to stop or eliminate symptoms of certain diseases. In malaria therapy, malarial parasites ( Plasmodium ) are specifically used to cause fever, and an elevated body temperature reduces the symptoms of or cure the diseases.
Julius Wagner-Jauregg (German: [ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈvaːɡnɐ ˈjaʊʁɛk]; 7 March 1857 – 27 September 1940) was an Austrian physician, who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1927, and is the first psychiatrist to have done so.
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The Academy of Sciences of Albania (Albanian: Akademia e Shkencave e Shqipërisë), founded in 1972, is the most important scientific institution in Albania. [1] In the 1980s, several research institutes began at the University of Tirana were transferred to the Academy's jurisdiction. [2]
The Clock Tower of Peqin (Albanian: Kulla e Sahatit të Peqinit) is a monument of cultural heritage located in Peqin, Albania.It was first recognized as a cultural heritage site by the rectorate of the State University of Tirana through decision no. 6, dated January 15, 1963.
Athanas Shundi (18 October 1892 – 18 February 1940) was an Albanian patriot and an important member of the autocephalist movement of the Albanian Orthodox Church.In his last years of life he was also involved in politics, as a member of the Tirana's city council, as well as a member of the Constituent Assembly of Albania during the legislature of 12 April 1939 - 1 April 1940.
Among his works are Shkrimet shqipe në vitet 1332–1850 (Albanian Writing in the Years 1332–1850), Tirana 1976, Autorë dhe tekste (Authors and Texts), Tirana 1977, and Historia e letërsisë shqiptare (History of Albanian Literature), Tirana 1983. Shuteriqi was also author of prose and poetry.