Another alternative therapy touted in the Detroit vessel was biopathy. This now-forgotten practice rejected all medication, viewing the human body as an electric battery (consisting of twelve elements) that, if kept topped up, could run for 140 years or more.

The Neoplatonic exegesis of the two “complete” (teleiotic) dialogues that follow the basic cycle of ten—Timaeus and Parmenides—begins to answer this question.

Surprise parties succeed with the help of accessory neighbors or colleagues.

In Lawrence, a mile is generally 12 city blocks east-west or 8 blocks north-south.