Pulse and Gap in Greek Medicine History

Greek Association of the History of Medicine

bifurcation of the carotid artery (carotid sinus) may provoke reflex bradycardia, fall of blood pressure and fainting.8 Hippocrates, Galen and Mattheus Curtius also observed that it was not the compression of the arteries in the neck, but of their bifurcation (carotid sinus) that might induce fainting or sleep. I therefore agree with the suggestion of Balourdas that ifthe old Greek physicians o...

A structural pattern in Greek dietetics and the early history of Greek medicine.

INTRODUCTION Early Greek medicine-the medicine actually practised by Greek doctors of the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. and reflected in various texts of the Hippocratic Corpushas two noticeable characteristics. In its nosology it conceives of disease as a process, which runs a predictable course, reaching a crisis which "determines" or "decides" the recovery or death ofthe patient.1 In its t...

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History and Perspectives of Nuclear Medicine in Bangladesh

Bangladesh is one of the smaller states in Asia. But it has a long and rich history of nuclear medicine for over sixty years. The progress in science and technology is always challenging in a developing country. In 1958, work for the first Nuclear Medicine facility was commenced in Dhaka in a tin-shed known as ‘Radioisotope Centre’ and was officially inaugurated in 1962. Since the late 50s of t...

History and Perspectives of Nuclear Medicine in Thailand

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