Boas point

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Boas point

(bō′ăz)

[Ismar I. Boas, Ger. physician, 1858–1938]

A tender spot left of the 12th dorsal vertebra in patients with gastric ulcer.

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Furthermore, Boas points out that there is a danger vis-a-vis the desire for freedom of modern woman, which consists in a wilful suppression of the procreative function that robs her of her freedom of action.

In this sense, Boas points out that the American researchers are mainly interested in the dynamic phenomena taking place in cultural transformations; their solution, however, does not lie in finding a unique formula.

Boas points out that the mythical beings can appear as "actors" in historical popular tales or in local traditions, although they appear simultaneously in the myths proper.