Amaç: Bal, eskiçağlardan günümüze kadar kullanılan organik bir besindir. Balın besin olarak tüketilmesinin yanı sıra hastalıkları iyileştirici özelliği de bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı Mezopotamya ve Mısır uygarlıklarından ulaşan tıp metinlerinde balın hem tek başına karışımlarda yer aldığı reçetelerin araştırılması genel hangi hastalıklarda kullanıldığının ortaya konulmasıdır.Yöntem: çivi...

Honey an ancient remedy "rediscovered" The usage of honey as a medicine is referred to in the most ancient written records, it being prescribed by the physicians of many ancient races of people for a wide variety of ailments (Ransome 1937). It has continued to be used in folk medicine ever since, but in recent times there has been a renaissance of the use of honey in the medical profession: an ...

Hart's book is a work of enthusiasm by an "amateur" historian of ancient medicine-but a far from amateur doctor. An impressive array of credentials in medicine are augmented by his publication of works on haematology, oncology, palaeopathology, numismatics and the history of medicine. As such, he, like all historians of medicine, brings a particular angle to the diverse material he has collecte...

Background and Aim: Medical concepts can be studied in language and literature. The purpose of this study is to investigate the term"pezeshk" and"medical terminology” in ancient Iran, in Persian language and literature, and in Mashreqi Shirazi poems. Materials and Methods: This research has been done by reviewing and studying three articles, three databases, and about fifteen books. Since the ...

This paper entails a fresh look at three works on ancient Indian medicine: Ancient Indian Medicine. by P. Kutumbiah (Calcutta: Orient Longmans. Ltd .. 1962); Hindu Medicine. by Henry R. Zimmer, edited with a foreword and preface by Ludwig Edelstein (Baltimore. The Johns Hopkins Press. 1948); and The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels, by Jean Filliozat, t...

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 ...