Hippocrates

of the Woman’s Hospital State of New York. In recognition of his services in the cause of science and mankind.” Another statue is located in Columbia, South Carolina inscribed with the words, “Where the love of man is there also is love of art -Hippocrates”(Caballero). South Carolina his also the home to Dr. J. Marion Sims himself, therefore a sign can be located near his childhood house, proudly proclaiming the birthplace of Sims what he is known for. There are even places in Europe that…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to analyze and explain Rhazes, the renowned Islamic physician’s impacts on medicine, and his accomplishment’s. Abu Bakr Mohhmad Ibn Zakariya Razi also know as “Rhazes”, was born in the Ancient city of Rayy located near Tehran, Iran as a Persian. The city of Rayy, which was located on the Great Silk Road, was a series of trade routes that were central to interaction between the West and East. This Road connected traders, merchants, pilgrims, monks, soldiers…

Richard Reyes June 6,2015 Living Environment period : 6B-7 4th Quarter Project Throughout history humans have been at the top of the food chain , we have adapted to be able to live in a certain environment without dying. While everything seems fine , there are things that are lethal to humans and those things are diseases. While we have made some…

When I was 12 years old, my mother discovered that I had an unusual curve on my back. Worried, she took me to an orthopedic specialist and I was then diagnosed with scoliosis. Scoliosis is a musculoskeletal disorder, and according to scoliosis specialists, it is “the most common spinal deformity among adolescents” (Pialasse and Simoneau 131). More than 7 million people in the United States are affected by scoliosis, 80% of them being idiopathic (“Scoliosis” para.1). Since ancient times,…

Critically examine one contemporary ethical issue from the perspective of either Christianity or Judaism. Annapreet Bhullar 13000382 ‘I have striven not to laugh at human actions, not to weep at them, not to hate them, but to understand them.’ Brittany Maynard; the heart breaking case whereby she took her own life aged 29, due to suffering from an aggressive malignant brain tumour. She died in Oregon, USA from taking a lethal drug prescribed by a doctor after become globally recognised…

The medical practices of the roman army grew to be highly complex and structured over time. These medical practices allowed for the army to be highly successful because they allowed for the wounded to be treated efficiently, and quickly in order to return to the battlefield. The origins of military medicine begin with the basic need for survival. From 300 B.C., which was the begging of the Early Roman Army, until 30 B.C. and the start of Roman Imperial Army the wounded often treated themselves…

An Elizabethan understanding of mental health is quite unlike our conception of mental illness in the modern era. To the Elizabethan, the most accepted theory of madness was based on the Greek conception of the ‘humours’. The Greeks eliminated supernatural understandings of madness by a secular understanding based on the imbalances of bodily humours- sanguine humour(associated with air) was responsible for optimism and irresponsibility, choleric humour was responsible for short temper and…

“[Her father] told Vera ‘There’s safety in conjecture.’... She took this advice and became known as tight-lipped, outspoken, kind, ruthless, beautiful, dowdy, a social butterfly, proudly Jewish, more English than a vicar’s daughter, forever falling in love with men or only interested in women.” (1) These contradictions helped Vera in her career. As a spy in World War II, she had to be mysterious and unidentifiable, even to the people she worked closely with. She had many secrets, and for a long…

As Hippocrates wrote, “The natural healing force within each one of us is the greatest force in getting well.’’ Mind–body interventions are medical and pseudo medical interventions based on the idea of the mind influencing the physical body. The category was introduced…

At about twenty centuries ago there was an amazing discovery about right angled triangles: “In a right angled triangle the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of squares of the other two sides.” It is called Pythagoras Theorem and can be written in one short equation: a²+b²=c² where c is the longest side of triangle and a and b are the other two sides. Pythagoras was born in the island of Samos in 570 BC in Greek in the eastern Agean. He was the son of Mnesarchus and his mother's name…