Arab scientists were several centuries ahead of our current knowledge of the curative power of hemp (Cannabis sativa L., Cannabaceae). Modern Western scientific literature ignores their contribution on the subject. We review in this paper the therapeutic uses of the plant in Arabic medicine from the 8th to the 18th century. Arab physicians knew and used its diuretic, anti-emetic, anti-epileptic...

The epidemiological concept of confounding has had a convoluted history. It was first expressed as an issue of group non-comparability, later as an uncontrolled fallacy, then as a controllable fallacy named confounding, and, more recently, as an issue of group non-comparability in the distribution of potential outcome types. This latest development synthesised the apparent disconnect between ph...

Pattern classification is very unique in traditional medicine. Kampo medical patterns have transformed over time during Japan's history. In the 17th to 18th centuries, Japanese doctors advocated elimination of the Ming medical theory and followed the basic concepts put forth by Shang Han Lun and Jin Gui Yao Lue in the later Han dynasty (25-220 AD). The physician Todo Yoshimasu (1702-1773) empha...

ABSTRACT We explore the links between averaged sunspot numbers (SSN) and a modulus summary curve (MSC) of two largest eigenvectors solar background magnetic field (SBMF) derived from principal component analysis. MSC has rather close correspondence with whole set SSN revealing cycle timings, duration, maxima times for cycles 12–24, 6, 7, −4, −3, while few in mid-18th mid-19th centuries there ar...

The study of evolutionary changes in human teeth is relevant from the point view identifying geographical, ethnic, constitutional and sexual variability dentoalveolar system as a whole. results such studies can be used to predict prevalence anomalies deformities teeth, taking into account their epochal variability. purpose was values ​​of odontometric parameters female population city Krasnoyar...