Influenza – History of Medicine
History of influenza: Influenza comes from chickens: this is a clay hen whistle from Mohenjo Daro (ca. 2700 BC, now in Brooklyn Museum) What is influenza? Influenza is a virus that mostly [...]
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History of medicine
Chinese drawing of the organs (about 1200) - History of medicine Doctors' medicine There are really three branches of medicine in antiquity and through the Middle Ages. One of these [...]
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Human organs: medieval science
Chinese drawing of the human organs (about 1200) Eyes and fevers Between the Middle Ages and modern times, doctors have learned a lot of new things about how human bodies [...]
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What is Dysentery? – History of diarrhea
History of Dysentery: Dysentery came from germs in your drinking water. Here people are washing clothes in the river (India) What is dysentery? Dysentery means having trouble with your insides [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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Logic and the scientific method
An eclipse of the moon. You can see the curved shadow of the Earth. Logic tells you the earth is round. Making predictions Once people have seen that something happens [...]
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What is lead? A heavy kind of metal
History of lead: A Roman anchor from Palermo, Italy What did ancient people use lead for? Lead is a kind of metal that is very heavy. (See if you can get some lead, [...]
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Ancient and medieval science
Chinese star chart possibly dating from the 600s AD, during the T'ang Dynasty Science means "knowing" in Latin. It is the process of learning things about the world. People have always wanted to learn [...]
