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6 09, 2017

Ancient diseases and doctors – History of medicine

By |2019-05-13T10:53:35-07:00September 6th, 2017|Egypt, Science|Comments Off on Ancient diseases and doctors – History of medicine

Greek doctor letting blood out of a patient because he believes in the four humors: history of medicine How did ancient doctors treat diseases? Ancient doctors tried to cure everyone who [...]

6 09, 2017

What is dengue fever? History of disease and medicine

By |2018-04-25T10:34:33-07:00September 6th, 2017|Science|Comments Off on What is dengue fever? History of disease and medicine

Dengue history: the dengue virus - magnified many times Dengue history Probably dengue fever didn't exist before the late 1700s AD, so in the ancient and medieval worlds there was no [...]

6 09, 2017

What is cholera? History of disease and medicine

By |2019-04-01T05:55:51-07:00September 6th, 2017|Biology, Science|Comments Off on What is cholera? History of disease and medicine

History of cholera: Washing clothes in the river (India) Where did cholera get started? Cholera (KOLL-uh-rah) is a very serious sickness. It probably first got started in India. History of disease [...]

5 09, 2017

Medieval stained glass, eyeglasses, and modern glass

By |2019-11-06T08:08:42-08:00September 5th, 2017|Medieval, Modern, Science|Comments Off on Medieval stained glass, eyeglasses, and modern glass

Medieval glass: Islamic glass (probably Iraq, 800s AD, now in the Metropolitan Museum, New York) Medieval glass-making By the 1100s, glass-making was expanding again from West Asia; there were glassworks further [...]

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