Category:History of medicine
All human societies have medical beliefs - birth, death, disease and cures are explained in some manner. Historically, throughout the history of medicine world illness has often been attributed to witchcraft, demons or the will of the gods, ideas that still retain some power, even in 'modern' societies, with faith healing and shrines still common.
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This category has the following 38 subcategories, out of 38 total.
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- History of medicine stubs (78 P)
Pages in category "History of medicine"
The following 154 pages are in this category, out of 154 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
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- Caduceus as a symbol of medicine
- Calomel
- History of cancer
- Girolamo Capivaccio
- Cardiocentric hypothesis
- Centenary of Cannabis prohibition
- Chimney sweep
- History of chiropractic
- Chirurgia magna
- Cholera belt
- Cholera pit
- City physician
- Cloth face mask
- History of condoms
- Consilia
- Contingent contagionism
- COVID-19 naming
- Cross-circulation
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- Hagiotherapy
- Heroic medicine
- Himetop
- Historia de la medicina y la farmacia en Chile
- History and culture of substituted amphetamines
- History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- History of dental treatments
- History of in vitro fertilisation
- History of mental disorders
- History of penicillin
- History of phagocytosis
- History of radiation protection
- History of the pineal gland
- History of hospitals
- History of beliefs about the human body
- Human sterilization in Switzerland
- History of hypertension
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- Leopoldo Salazar Viniegra
- Second International Opium Convention
- Semicarbazide-cadmium therapy
- Sickle Cell Anemia, a Molecular Disease
- Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs
- Sleep temple
- History of smallpox
- Edwin Smith Papyrus
- Social medicine
- Yellapragada Subbarow
- History of trauma and orthopaedics
- Surgery in ancient Rome
- Sweating sickness
- History of syphilis
