Recent events force me to re-peruse the famous medical tome The House of God.This passage makes me laugh:
“The house is special,” said the Chief. “Part of its being special is its affiliation with the BMS [Best Medical School]. I want to tell you a story about the BMS, that showed me how special the [...]
Two weekend ago, I visited the ruins of Caral with my friend Roger. The ruins received their name from the nearby village of Caral, which is located in an aesthetically spectacular river valley called Supe about 100 miles north of Lima.
The history of the ruins and the story of their discovery are both remarkable. Peruvian [...]
This passage is from Sarity Colonia Comes Flying by Eduardo Gonazález Viaña and found in The Peru Reader. A group of friends attempt to rid themselves of a snake that is at the command of an evil sorcerer.
* * *
Don Guillermo’s remedy for scaring away the snake consisted of boiling heavily salted water in twenty [...]