The History of Aromatherapy Aromatherapy is the science of using essential herbal oils in the treatment of illnesses. The term itself comes from the French word “aromathérapie” which was coined by the French chemist René-Maurice Gattefossé who was the publisher of the first book titled “Aromatherapy” in 1937. Thus the term aromatherapy was not coined until the 20th Century. The roots of Aromatherapy can be traced back over 6000 years before the birth of Christ when the use of aromatics was recorded
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replaced by Newtonian mechanics) -There were however some notable dissenters. Aristotle condemned the ideas of Empedocles of Acragas who spoke of light as traveling‚ but the movement being unobservable to humans. -Around 1000 AD Islamic Scientists Avicenna and Alhazen separately stated that light must have a finite value. Alhazen argued light has a finite speed that differs depending on the medium it travels through. Historical Measurements of Light -Light has been measured many ways over the
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Over a thousand years ago‚ Europe experienced one of its greatest periods of cultural enlightenment.Islam in Spain has had a fundamental presence in the culture and history of the nation. The religion was present inmodern Spanish soil from 711 until 1492 under the rule of the Arabs and Moors of al-Andalus.Islamic Spain was a multi-cultural mix of the people of three great monotheistic religions: Muslims‚Christians‚ and Jews.For more than three centuries in Medieval Spain‚ Muslims‚ Jews and Christians
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------------------------------------------------- The Greek Philosophy of Man ------------------------------------------------- The Greek Philosophers Socrates‚ Plato and Aristotle taught that the proper way to solve the problem of man is to first inquire into and discover the true nature of man. ------------------------------------------------- The solution to his present problems caused mostly by ignorance or lack of knowledge‚ can be found by recalling all what he knew clearly in his former
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What is the Cause of the High Maternal Mortality Rate in Sub-Saharan Africa? The causes could total 50 or they could be only one‚ what are the primary causes of the high maternal mortality rate in sub-Saharan Africa? There are 4 major reasons why this impoverished region of the world grapples with such a challenge. First and foremost is the magnitude of poverty in the region. Secondly‚ the lack of maternal services available to the population both pre and post delivery. Thirdly‚ the lack education
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about the Ibn Sina’s philosophy but in the Ibn Sina’s opinion this issue had been solved‚ which believe to God with believe to Ghadim for the universe have not correla-tion while they believe to god will close us to Ghadim for the universe [1]. (Avicenna or Ibn-Sīnā (Arabic: ابن سینا; c. 980 – June 1037) was a Persian polymath who is regarded as one of the most significant thinkers and writers of the Islamic Golden Age [21].) 1.8.2 Quran opinion about renewal and outdating in the universe Is Quran
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Factors that Aided Islamic Civilization Civilization (or civilization) is a sometimes controversial term that has been used in several related ways. Primarily‚ the term has been used to refer to the material and instrumental side of human cultures that are complex in terms of technology‚ science‚ and division of labor. Such civilizations are generally hierarchical and urbanized. In a classical context‚ people were called "civilized" to set them apart from barbarians‚ savages‚ and primitive
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Surgeons were outraged as cauterization‚ an aggressive procedure‚ had always been the correct method and that the wound was never allowed to heal naturally. However‚ in his works he not only references Galen but also Hippocrates‚ Abulcasis and Ibn Sina (Avicenna) he only expanded on surgical practice already specified by others. Consequently‚ his influence is narrowed‚ and what seems like an abundance of progress is less so. In the long term it is of little significance‚ therefore the Black Death is not
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gave it a fundamental place in philosophy. The study of logic was part of the classical trivium‚ which also included grammar and rhetoric. Logic was further extended by Al-Farabi who categorized it into two separate groups (idea and proof). Later‚ Avicenna revived the study of logic and developed relationship between temporalis and the implication. In the East‚ logic was developed by Buddhists and Jains. Logic is often divided into three parts; inductive reasoning‚ abductive reasoning‚ and deductive
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Science is a body of empirical‚ theoretical‚ and practical knowledge about the natural world‚ produced by researchers making use of scientific methods‚ which emphasize the observation‚ explanation‚ and prediction of real world phenomena by experiment. Given the dual status of science as objective knowledge and as a human construct‚ good historiography of science draws on the historical methods of both intellectual history and social history. Tracing the exact origins of modern science is possible
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