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• ... that Gerard van Swieten (7 May 1700 – 18 June 1772) was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education; | • ... that '''[[Gerard van Swieten (nonfiction)|Gerard van Swieten]]''' (7 May 1700 – 18 June 1772) was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education; and that in 1755, the Empress sent van Swieten to Moravia to investigate the situation relating to vampires; and that van Swieten intended to eradicate the vampire myth as a "barbarism of ignorance"; and that his report, ''Abhandlung des Daseyns der Gespenster'' ("Discourse on the Existence of Ghosts") offered an entirely natural explanation for the belief in vampires; and that Empress Maria Theresa consequently issued a decree that banned all traditional justification for executing alleged vampires? | ||
• ... that the 2019 psychological thriller family drama film '''''[[Jocasta]]''''' is loosely based on the tragic play ''Oedipus Rex'' by Sophocles? | |||
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• ... that Gerard van Swieten (7 May 1700 – 18 June 1772) was a Dutch physician who from 1745 was the personal physician of the Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and transformed the Austrian health service and medical university education; and that in 1755, the Empress sent van Swieten to Moravia to investigate the situation relating to vampires; and that van Swieten intended to eradicate the vampire myth as a "barbarism of ignorance"; and that his report, Abhandlung des Daseyns der Gespenster ("Discourse on the Existence of Ghosts") offered an entirely natural explanation for the belief in vampires; and that Empress Maria Theresa consequently issued a decree that banned all traditional justification for executing alleged vampires?
• ... that the 2019 psychological thriller family drama film Jocasta is loosely based on the tragic play Oedipus Rex by Sophocles?