Death was not the enemy of ancient medicine. In fact, death was often welcome when patients were suffering and beyond hope. Editor’s note: David A. Fleming, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine and Director, Center for Health Ethics, Department of Health Management and Informatics, University of Medicine School of Medicine, Columbia, Missouri. He has assembled a stellar panel of national expe...

Graptophyllum pictum is a plant used in medicine from the time of Ayurveda, ancient system Indian medicine. This review article presented to give an insight on all updated information its pharmacological activities. Studies indicated that G. possesses diverse medicinal properties such as anti-inflammatory, nephroprotective, antidiabetic, oxytocic, and anti-implantation properties. comprehends n...

In our review of the first volume in this series we introduced the medical scholar Dr. Plinio Prioreschi, the author of this marvelous narrative of the history of medicine, and listed the composition of this series of tomes for the benefit of the readers.[1] We do so again here for the same reason: • A History of Medicine — Volume I: Primitive and Ancient Medicine (2nd edition, 1995); 596 pages...

nowadays and throughout the history, medical rights and ethics were among the most important subjects in relation with the field of medicine. women’s medical rights including issues about sickness, sex, abortion and so on are among main branches of medical ethics. it should be stated that this matter was not investigated sufficiently about ancient persia (since the beginning of historical perio...

Asthma is a common disease that is rising in prevalence worldwide with the highest prevalence in industrialized countries. Asthma affects about 300 million people worldwide and it has been estimated that a further 100 million will be affected by 2025. Since the ancient times, plants have been exemplary sources of medicine. Current asthma therapy lack satisfactory success due to adverse effect, ...