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Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift
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01.09.2017 | editorial

The history of medicine

Challenges and successes

verfasst von: Prof. Dr. Katlein França, Prof. Dr. Torello Lotti

Erschienen in: Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift | Sonderheft 1/2017

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Excerpt

Humans have been practicing medicine since the creation of the world. The early history of medical practice can be learned and interpreted from bony remains, old drawings and paintings, and surgical tools used by our ancestors. Religion, magic, and rituals were the basis of medical practice in early human society. Medicine was practiced by witches and alchemists, who used herbs, vegetables, and remedy preparations accompanied by rituals and dances [1]. …
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Metadaten
Titel
The history of medicine
Challenges and successes
verfasst von
Prof. Dr. Katlein França
Prof. Dr. Torello Lotti
Publikationsdatum
01.09.2017
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
Wiener Medizinische Wochenschrift / Ausgabe Sonderheft 1/2017
Print ISSN: 0043-5341
Elektronische ISSN: 1563-258X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10354-017-0596-9

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