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Inca Brain Surgeons Did Great 600 years ago
2008-05-15 08:32:00 Scott Norris for National Geographic News May 12, 2008 Inca Surgeons Highly Skilled Inca surgeons in ancient Peru commonly and successfully removed small portions of patients’ skulls to treat head injuries, according to a new study. The surgical procedure?known as trepanation?was most often performed on adult men, likely to treat injuries suffered during combat, researchers say. A similar procedure is performed ...
JAMA questions Vioxx publishing practices
2008-04-19 23:15:00 This seriously challenges the relationship between physicians and drug companies. This again reinforces the need for physicians to rely more on generic medications in place of name brand medicines not only to keep healthcare costs down but for also for patient safety. JAMA lambastes Vioxx publishing practices Ben Comer April 17 2008 The Journal of the American Medical Association ...
Pregnant Man To Have Child-
2008-04-03 19:55:00 It’s My Right to Have Kid, Pregnant Man Tells Oprah Transgender Man Says He Kept Uterus Intending to Become Pregnant By RUSSELL GOLDMAN April 3, 2008 ? Thomas Beatie, a former woman who is now a pregnant man, defended his decision today to have a baby, saying he has a “right to have a biological child.” Despite removing his breasts, ...
The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine
2007-09-18 22:42:00 The Cambridge Illustrated History of Medicine by Roy Porter offers a good overview of medical history with a fairly broad reach. It covers many different cultures and famous physicians with what seems to be a good historical account. It is fairly straightfoward reading that doesn't have much of the little historical tidbits that make some history of medicine texts really interesting. It read more like a good textbook and is a good starting place in your learning of medical history.This book is divided into ten chapters, four of which have been written by Porter himself (he is editor of the whole book). Each chapter is independent of the others and follows one quite broad topic. This means you might read over the same historical period more than one chapter. The subjects include such as 'History of Disease', 'Rise in Medicine', 'Hospitals'The great advantage of this book over the other two mentioned is that it has been liberally illustrated in both colour and black white pictu...
Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine
2007-09-18 21:57:00 Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine by Roy Porter is gristly albeit fascinating. Starting with diseases and ending with modern medicine Porter takes you step by step chronologically through almost all aspects related to healing. He leaves no gall stone unturned. He does at times get carried away with his terminology, but the book is surprisingly accessible. The author is able to convey the importance of discoveries by setting up what conditions were like before those discoveries were made. Notably some that we take for granted, like the finding and use of vitamins and antibiotics. Quick, enjoyable and well worth getting.Blood and Guts: A Short History of Medicine provides a short history of medicine within Western civilization over the past two millenia. The text is arranged semi-chronologically, with each chapter focusing on a different topic within medicine. Topics that are covered include the hospital, medical equipment, drugs, surgery, health care organizations and deliv...
The History of Medicine
2007-06-29 21:00:00 2000 B.C. “Here, eat this root.” A.D. 1000 “That root is heathen. Here, say this prayer.” A.D. 1850 “That prayer is superstition. Here, Drink this potion.” A.D. 1940 “That potion is snake oil. Here, swallow this pill.” A.D. 1985 “That pill is ineffective. Here, take this antibiotic.” A.D. 2000 “That antibiotic doesn’t work. Here, eat this root.” And old joke but still funny. Not so funny in Malaysia where the MOH is courting Traditional Medicine. I just want to ask you all again, Should TCM be incorporated in Malaysian Public Hospitals? Should TCM be allowed in Public Hospitals? (see MMR Post) Yes No Not sure/Maybe View Results Loading … Original post by http://medicine.com.my/wp/?p=23-33 |
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