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Holding on to Culture: The Effects of the 1837 Smallpox Epidemic on Mandan and Hidatsa [PDF]
, 2018 The Mandan and Hidatsa tribes located in modern day North Dakota have a rich history characterized by elaborate social and religions structures and trade based economic systems; however, because of their stationary lifestyles and increased European and ...
Reinhiller, Jayne
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Bloodletting Ameliorates Insulin Sensitivity and Secretion in Parallel to Reducing Liver Iron in Carriers of HFE Gene Mutations [PDF]
, 2008 Melania Manco +3 more
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International Journal of Preventive Medicine, 2018 Background: Scientists perceive drug users (DUs) as a high-risk population for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Effective strategies aiming at the reduction of HBV infection can be depicted when its epidemiological status is clearly defined.
Roya Taleban +7 more
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Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, 2014 Bloodletting was a practice favoured by doctors and barber-surgeons for many centuries, and is now, perhaps surprisingly, still employed for a few specific indications. The effectiveness of bloodletting for treating diseases such as pneumonia was convincingly challenged in the mid-nineteenth century, but medical conservatism ensured the practice ...
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“On Leeches” in a Medical Treatise for Humans
History of Science in South AsiaHumans and leeches have engaged in human medicine together for at least two thousand years. Perhaps the earliest detailed description of this interaction is found in a chapter on leech therapy from an early first-millennium Sanskrit surgical treatise ...
Lisa Allette Brooks
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Iovem Imperium, or Sacred Aspects of Roman “Globalization” [PDF]
, 2014 The article deals with the question of the “globalization” project of the Roman civilization. Author asserts that the Romans had a specific “globalization” project.
Halapsis, Alex V.
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Family Practice History: Bloodletting
Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 1981 For 2000 years bloodletting was an accepted form of treatment. During this time, the indications and philosophical basis for lancing, cupping, and the application of leeches evolved in conjunction with advances in anatomy and physiology. In the late 19th century discoveries by tissue pathologists using new diagnostic techniques undermined earlier dogma
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