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• medicine, history of — Introduction  the development of the prevention and treatment of disease from prehistoric and ancient times to the 20th century. Medicine and surgery before 1800 Primitive (primitive culture) medicine and folklore       Unwritten history is not… …   Universalium

• History of alternative medicine — is a record of historical events that can be related to the many different branches of alternative medicine.History of alternative medicine in Eastern CultureEarly history of medicine in IndiaAyurveda or ayurvedic medicine has more than 2,000… …   Wikipedia

• History of Medicine —     History of Medicine     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Medicine     The history of medical science, considered as a part of the general history of civilization, should logically begin in Mesopotamia, where tradition and philological… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Medicine, forensic — The branch of medicine that deals with the application of medical knowledge to legal problems and legal proceedings. Forensic medicine is also called legal medicine. A physician may be engaged in forensic (or legal) medicine; a lawyer with… …   Medical dictionary

• History, medical — In medicine, the patient s past and present which may hopefully contain clues helpful to their health past, present, and future. The medical history, being an account of all medical events and problems a person has experienced, including… …   Medical dictionary

• Channel (chinese medicine) history — Traditional history= Modern historyModern Channel History*1996, Deng Yu et al fractal dimension of the meridian and the form of anatomy (non gap channels, cell backfill s non tube channels).**Zhang in 1996, gap dimension meridians (error) *In… …   Wikipedia

• medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… …   Medical dictionary

• History, family — The family structure and relationships within the family, including information about diseases in family members. The family history is often recorded in a family pedigree (family tree), which uses conventional symbols. The pedigree provides a… …   Medical dictionary

• History, social — An account of a patient that puts his illness or behavior in context. It may include aspects of the patient’s developmental, family, and medical history, as well as relevant information on life events, social class, race, religion, and occupation …   Medical dictionary

• History of medicine — All human societies have medical beliefs that provide explanations for birth, death, and disease. Throughout history, illness has been attributed to witchcraft, demons, astral influence, or the will of the gods. These ideas still retain some… …   Wikipedia