The Sons of the Desert The Sons of the Desert The Sons of the Desert is an international fraternal organization devoted to the lives and films of comedians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The group takes its name from a fictional lodge that Laurel and Hardy belonged to in the 1933 movie "Sons of the Desert". In 1964, a few years after the book, "Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy," was published, author John McCabe formed a small group of Laurel and Hardy admirers, including Orson Bean, cartoonist Al Kilgore, Chuck McCann, and John Municino. McCabe created a mock-serious “constitution” that satirized the formalities of many
International Society for the History of Medicine main conference is not held.See list Communications to the international congresses are peer reviewed. The ISHM publishes twice a year "Vesalius", subtitled "Acta Internationalia Historiae Medicinae", an academic journal publishing some abstracts from its International Congresses and International Meetings for the History of Medicine, and some other scientific communications. International Society for the History of Medicine The International Society for the History of Medicine is a non profit international society devoted to the academic study of the history of medicine, including the organization of international congresses. The society is present in 50 countries, holds delegations in 38 countries, and has