The author discusses the validity of the claim that, in Antiquity, effective contraceptives and abortifacients were available, were widely used, and their use was responsible for the decline of population in certain periods. After reviewing the maneuvers and drugs used for those purposes, the author concludes that ancient physicians did not have at their disposal effective contraceptives and ab...

THE HiPPocRAInc OATH is universally known in the western medical world. A document comparable in antiquity yet unknown to most modem physicians is the oath of initiation of medical students that is found in the Charaka Samhita. The Charaka Samhita is a highly-esteemed ancient medical text. The approximate dates of composition and the general contents of the Charaka Samhita were briefly discusse...

burns are known as one of the most common forms of injury with devastating consequences. despite the discovery of several antiseptics, burn wound healing has still remained a challenge to modern medicine. herbal products seem to possess moderate efficacy with no or less toxicity and are less expensive compared to synthetic drugs. burn is a well-known disorder in iranian traditional medicine (it...

Orthodontics had its beginnings in the time of the ancient Egyptians, who used crude metal bands and catgut, but it was not until the late 18th century that the first practical appliances came into use. These were fine-tuned during the early 1900s; today's mechanisms are merely refinements. Major changes occurred when practitioners--originally physicians--began turning their attention from cosm...

The occurrence of malaria is traceable to the remotest antiquity as judged by the references to the seasonal occurrence of intermittent fevers in ancient Egypt, India and China. Hippocrates, the Greek physician in the fifth century before Christ studied the clinical picture of malaria, recognising the different types of periodic fever. Little progress was made concerning the disease until 1640 ...

The nature of "soul" and the source of "psychic life", the anatomical seat of cognitive, motor and sensory functions, and the origin of neural diseases were broadly debated by ancient Greek scientists since the earliest times. Within the space of few centuries, speculation of philosophers and medical thinkers laid the foundations of modern experimental and clinical neuroscience. This review pro...

Respect for patient privacy and confidentiality is an ancient and a contemporary professional responsibility of physicians. Carrying out this responsibility may be more challenging and more important in the emergency department than in many other clinical settings. Part I of this 2-part article outlines the basic concepts of privacy and confidentiality, reviews the moral and legal foundations a...

Apitherapy is a word derived from the Latin apis, meaning bee. application dates back hundreds of years. There are documents showing that physicians in Ancient Egypt and China used some bee products 4 thousand years ago. as an effective method for maintaining health treating diseases. The main this honey, apilarnil, propolis, royal jelly perga. These apitherapy generally known to have very impo...

© 2017 Ancient Science of Life | Published by Wolters Kluwer Medknow Sir, There is a paucity of systematic documentation apropos the occurrence of adverse drug reactions (ADRs) and other safety issues of Ayurveda medicines. National Pharmacovigilance program (NPP) for Ayurvedic drugs is concerned with re‐evaluation of marketed drugs, risk management, promoting rational drug use, and crisis prep...

THIS paper is concerned with a glimpse into the wealth of ancient Indian medical literature. A small sampling of the general knowledge and thoughts of these ancients will be presented along with an attempt to place their leading texts into some historical perspective. Following this, emphasis will be placed on some of the writings of what may be called 'Ancient Indian Dermatology'. Most modern ...