Dr Kottow in his paper Classical medicine v alternative medical practices (1) places the alternativelorthodox medicine debate within an historical context of antiquackery literature. My paper explores the nature of science as it is applied to clinical practice and challenges the narrow view ofthe diagnostic process as outlined byDr Kottow. Research methodologies more appropriate to 'whole perso...

Dr Kottow in his paper Classical medicine v alternative medical practices (1) places the alternativelorthodox medicine debate within an historical context of antiquackery literature. My paper explores the nature of science as it is applied to clinical practice and challenges the narrow view ofthe diagnostic process as outlined byDr Kottow. Research methodologies more appropriate to 'whole perso...

DAVID LEITH The Classical Quarterly / Volume 58 / Issue 02 / December 2008, pp 581 ­ 600 DOI: 10.1017/S0009838808000657, Published online: 16 December 2008 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0009838808000657 How to cite this article: DAVID LEITH (2008). THE DIATRITUS AND THERAPY IN GRAECO­ROMAN MEDICINE. The Classical Quarterly,58, pp 581­600 doi:10.1017/S000983880800...

The author probes in this study the maternity or obsterics and gynaecology in Ancient Indian medicine by interpreting various classical texts in Ayurveda, Sociology and Religion.

Today's medical world has gained a growing appeal towards CAM/TM which can be seen in the strategies of US in the form of establishing National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy (WHCCAMP) at the White House, the annual increase of integration of CAM clas...

Today's medical world has gained a growing appeal towards CAM/TM which can be seen in the strategies of US in the form of establishing National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy (WHCCAMP) at the White House, the annual increase of integration of CAM clas...

This is the third volume of the monumental A History of Medicine series by the medical historian and classical scholar Plinio Prioreschi M.D., PhD.[1] A limited number of these books were published, and the reader would be fortunate to find copies of the tomes for less than $350 U.S. dollars. We have already reviewed Volume I: Primitive and Ancient Medicine (2nd ed.ition, 1995) and Volume II: G...