‘The second greatest benefit to mankind?’

The greatest benefit to mankind: a medical history of humanity from antiquity to the present

the 1960s called for "new alternatives" to Hahnemann's past, while the 1970s and 1980s were marked by community outreach, financial crises, and public controversy. The theme of the book as reflected in the title seems somehow misleading and ambiguous. Hahnemann did indeed follow an "alternative path" in its first half century but for much of the rest of its history it has scrambled to identify ...

Bioinformatics: Benefits to Mankind

The storage and analysis of biological data using certain algorithms and computer softwares is called bioinformatics. The applications that bioinformatics offer to the civilized world are more than just being a researcher's tool for structural and functional analysis. Development and implementation of computational algorithms and software tools facilitate an understanding of the biological proc...

4 In compassion to mankind

Opium the "keystone" of empire in Asia The years between 1780 and 1842 were formative years for the opium trade. They were also the formative years of the British Empire. The opium agriculture in India changed from an informally cultivated cash crop to a centralized, systematized state-run industry. Before the Battle of Plassey, opium had probably served to provide a small buffer of cash for th...

The History of Mankind

The birth of mankind.

To cite: Smith L. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 2014;40:69–70. BACKGROUND For over a century, between 1540 and 1654, one piece of medical literature, The Byrth of Mankynde, was what would now be described as a bestseller and a huge commercial success. This is hardly surprising, as its contents offered information on some of the secrets of the human body that could transform the fortunes of the...