THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PSYCHIATRIC THOUGHTS IN TAMIL CULTURE IS BROUGHT FORTH WITH RELEVANT HISTORICAL AND LITERARY EVIDENCES: psycho-physiological aspects of emotions, descriptions of severely disturbed individuals, attitude of the society towards the mentally ill and epigraphic material describing hospital care of psychiatric patients in the first millennium are alluded. These references unravel...

medical ethics has a long history worldwide, and the move towards a transcultural ethics must be based on an appreciation of the history that has produced the present relationships. it is often thought that medical ethics history has begun at the time of hippocrates, however it is much older. it is clear that various cultures such as babylonia, ancient egypt, greece, and the persians have attem...

modern medicine owes much to the endeavours and contributions made by the ancients that are unfortunately anonymous or even neglected intentionally today. this study was done to give attention to “the ancient golden times”, as the author believes it deserves the nomination, to give credit to the manner our ancient physicians and masters practiced medicine and managed traumas in particular in a ...

conclusions reported herbal drugs might be beneficial for further studies for the management of skin aging and aging process. results skin aging begins with whole body aging process and entire body gets cold and dry in elderly. wrinkle formation is highly associated with loss of “skin natural moisture”. in the management, specific food supplements, simple massage therapy as well as herbal drugs...

www.nuclmed.gr 1 4 8 May August 2013 Diagnostics of ancient mummies has ever since provoked an unbroken fascination to man. Without opening the coffin and destroying the mummies, radiological diagnostics has become the forerunner, including conventional radiography and 3D computed tomography (CT). Nuclear medicine, using scintigraphy, single-photon emission tomography or positron emission tomog...

The past decade has witnessed the emergence and substantial growth of the specialty of emergency medicine as a truly international medical discipline that refuses to be restrained by barriers of language, culture or geography. While the formal recognition of the specialty of emergency medicine is relatively young in most countries and nonexistent in some, the provision of emergency care is as a...

Bloodletting is an ancient procedure that was utilized for curing the ills of man. This article traces the use of leeches for bloodletting therapy from ancient Greek times to the Chapin Harris era in the 1840s to modern day usage by plastic surgeons. The leech is described as both a parasite and a therapeutic agent. The techniques used by both medicine and dentistry are historically documented.

Several arguments have been forwarded for the stagnation of Ayurveda, and most of these focus on the discrimination that Ayurveda faces under Mughal and then under British rule. Even for Ancient India, the halcyon portrait of Ayurveda synergetically related with religion and politics during the period, as has been portrayed in many books of history and in countless lores, is false. This paper t...