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Since the days of the Roman Empire, there has been communication between China and the West through the silk route, as documented in the standard histories of China, such as the History of the Later Han Dynasty: Continue reading “Hippocratic Medicine in China”
Trepanation of the skull is perhaps the earliest recorded surgical procedure in history. Continue reading “Trepanation and Roman medicine”
In this article we present selected parts of the very interesting paper “Aspasia and Cleopatra Metrodora, Two Majestic Female Physician – Surgeons in the Early Byzantine Era“, by Tsoucalas Gregory and Sgantzos Markos. Continue reading “Aspasia and Cleopatra Metrodora: Female pioneers of Medicine in the Christian Roman Empire”
This post is a collection of ‘Abstracts‘ from published studies on Trepanation in ancient China. Continue reading “Trepanation in ancient China”
This post is a small collection of extracts from published works with reference to Medicine and ancient Greek Mythology. Continue reading “What do medicine specialists ‘see’ in Greek Mythology – Resuscitation, Ophthalmology”
This post is a small collection of extracts from published works with reference to Medicine and ancient Greek Mythology. Continue reading “What do medicine specialists ‘see’ in Greek Mythology – Pain, Anaesthesia, Analgesia”
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