Medicine

beautiful art, important literature, philosophy and huge medical advances. A key person that had a major influence, and further development of medicine was Herophilus. Though some of his methods were controversial Herophilus contributions to the Hellenistic age conveyed the culture of Greece to future ages through his discoveries, his influence on medicine and his contributions to modern day society. Herophilus was born in Chalcedon…

Anyone who has read Love Medicine probably quickly discovered it would be a hard story to follow. There are multiple characters and each has their own story as well as their version of other character’s stories. The authors reason for writing the story the way it is, is the fact that life is very complex and often has various stories in which we don’t receive answers to all the questions we ask. However, to see the beauty in this story, you must be a reader of patience, which I am not. I can see…

the viewpoint of the controlling colonial power, rather than on the indigenous persons being ruled. Stripped of cultural context, these chapters provided a striking contrast to the narrative presented in the book Medicine and the Saints, which also discussed Moroccan colonization and medicine. In the first four chapters Keller explores the ways in which France used psychiatry and a supposed altruistic desire to save the “primitive” Africans from their decadence as a facade for their colonial…

Most people view Medieval medicine as useless or ineffectual, but it was very useful, although the epidemic was a tragedy of it made us thrive for new medicine. Medicine could go from Anise,Licorice to stomping on a plucked dead, burning owl to treat someone in this time and nobody knows if any of it really helped. Diseases such as the “bloody flux”, “ holy fire”,gonorrhea,influenza,plague was going around at this time. Seeing this it opened their eyes and they saw they needed better ways to…

Cloning: The Future of Medicine The first question most people ask doctors when they are told that they have a terminal disease is “How long do I have?” Once a person goes into hospice care the average survival is twenty-four days, but the average estimate doctors give their patients is around ninety days. Many people with terminal illness could be saved if the advances in organ cloning allow for cloning organs to be considered commonplace and, most importantly, legal. Clones are…

self-reflecting my physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual development using the medicine wheel as described by Mussell (2005). Mussell defines the medicine wheel as, “a symbol used to represent the dynamic system of mind, body, emotions and spirit, and the needs related to each of these aspects that must be met for the development of human potential.” (Mussell, 2005, p.115). Self-reflection of the four aspects of the medicine wheel (Mussell, 2005) will help me to gain a better…

How to control blood sugar without medicine? Controlling blood sugar without medicine is attainable by making simple adjustments to your everyday life. Next, I will be including easy steps you can take to control blood sugar without medicine: Step one: recognize the symptoms. Early symptoms of pre-diabetes are easy to recognize. Pre-diabetes is a reversible stage which untreated, can lead to diabetes. It is not the illness itself, but signs that there is a significant risk of developing the…

I was keenly aware of the importance of Genetics in health care early in my time studying Medicine and later have gained profound knowledge of it as well as Cell Biology and Molecular Biology through in-depth Biomedical studies. However, it is during my current study on the genetic disorder Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) when my passion for the Laboratory Genetics and Genomics was lighted. My passion for the Laboratory Genetics and Genomics was lighted while I am conducting current studies on…

Surgical innovations have evolved over the years as medicine has advanced. Dr. Denton Cooley, Dr. Frank Jobe, and Dr. Ben Carson have all contributed in great capacity to change the surgical field and to save lives. Though controversial and sometimes outspoken, Dr. Denton Cooley, Dr. Frank Jobe, and Dr. Ben Carson have all developed innovative surgical procedures that help change the lives of many people. Dr. Denton Cooley innovated a procedure that bought time for his patients awaiting a second…

Louise Erdrich’s widely acclaimed novel Love Medicine follows three generations of four Chippewa families through contemporary life on the reservation. Over a span of fifty years, issues from racism and identity to retaining community and life after colonization are explored. Erdrich beautifully contrasts the grim realities of life on the reservation with a poignant humour that counters the somber tone of the novel. Humour throughout the novel humanizes the characters while also bringing them…