led me into medicine at five year M.B.B.S program in one of the most prestigious medical Institute of Pakistan. During the third year of medical school‚ I was introduced to direct patient care during clinical rotations in various specialties‚ but unique nature of Internal Medicine appealed to me most. After my last year of medical school‚ I completed six months internship in Internal Medicine at an affiliated university hospital. My internship strengthened my knowledge of medicine and gave me
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that. Since 13‚000 B.C. medicine has been a thriving area of study. Even more specifically than that‚ the heart has been a thriving area of study. As a result of the heart being the organ that keeps one alive‚ numerous physicians from the past and the present strived to decipher the heart. Since the heart has yet to be completely figured out‚ cardiology proves to be a promising career in the future. In the beginning of time‚ herbalism was the first known form of medicine. At the time however it
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About Chinese medicine (Pien Tze Huang) In 1555‚ during the Ming dynasty imperial Zong Shi‚ a royal physician fled to the city of Zhangzhou (Fujian province) because it is not satisfied with the emperor was very cruel. The physician was settled in a temple located in the East Pushan under Zhangzhou City as a monk. He witnessed the suffering and misery of the people due to incurable disease so that he felt compelled to provide aid to all residents. By using a secret potion from the palace‚ he finally
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To what extent was Galenic Medicine a part of the broader Aristotelian World View? In this essay I will strive to show the extent upon which Galenic medicine was incorporated in to the predominantly Aristotelian world view‚ concluding that Aristotelian philosophies underpinned the majority of Galenic theories and concepts. To achieve this I will primarily demonstrate the perceived link between medicine and natural philosophy that existed at the time. I will continue with a description of the
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Uses of Radiation in Medicine Nuclear Chemistry and the Field of Medicine: A Union Shan Gupta‚ Yahoo! Contributor Network Jul 2‚ 2009 "Contribute content like this. Start Here." Applications of Radiation in the Field of Medicine Overview: With the discovery of radiation in the late 1800’s by Antoine Henri Becquerel‚ Marie Curie‚ and Pierre Curie‚ the powers of the atom were seemingly multiplied greatly. With this new power of the atom also came new uses for it‚ especially in the
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Applications of Biotechnology in Medicine Overview of the applications of biotechnology in medicine that will be dealt here: 1. Gene Therapy 2. Pharmacogenomics 3. Genetic Testing 4. Cloning What is Biotechnology? Biotechnology can broadly be defined as the art of understanding and manipulating living organisms’ genes (code of life) and their products for the production of food‚ medicine‚ drink‚ or for other benefits or useful purposes to mankind and other organisms. Basically
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Kelsey Simpson Kristen M. Gentile Ancient Medicine CLAS303 17 April 2011 Homeric Medicine And Its Contribution to Hippocratic Medicine The Iliad and the Odyssey are traditionally seen as works of literature‚ but students and researchers of ancient medicine and the classics see beyond that label. These Homeric ἔπος [1] which were referred to as ἐπικός‚[2] were much more than just stories in the ancient world. In fact‚ studies show that the medical descriptions featured
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INTRO. In America‚ doctors follow the Western belief in using medication and doing various testing procedures when treating patients‚ while the Hmong shamans believe in treating the spiritual ailment of the person through elaborate traditional practices. Shamans who themselves are epileptic try communicating with “a malevolent spirit called a dab” (Fadiman 1998: 4). The Hmong shaman is “believed to have the ability to enter a trance…and negotiate for this patients’ health with the spirits who lived
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The Right Medicine – 对症下药 Having chosen the particular subject of Medicine for our research article‚ we picked up “The Right Medicine” as our article topic. With the modern advances of science‚ we‚ young adults‚ often ask ourselves who should we follow‚ scientific reason or traditional remedies? Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a
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Herbal and Nutritional Medicine Herbal medicines are certain types of medicines which are purely made by herbs. They don’t have any side effects‚ mainly because most of them are found in nature and are not harmful to the human body. Many well established medicines originally come from plants which is very interesting and completely opposite of different medicines which are made in labs. For example‚ the painkiller morphine comes from poppies‚ aspirin comes from the bark of willow trees and dioxin
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