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Malaria in Laconia, Greece, then and now: a 2500-year-old pattern. [PDF]

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Malaria is still an active threat in many areas of the world. In Greece, in an area of the Laconia region, malaria epidemics have been recorded since as early as the 5(th) century BC.
Bonovas, Stefanos, Vakalis, Nikos, Tsiodras, Sotirios, Tsoucalas, Gregory, Chatzigeorgiou, Kalliopi-Stavroula, Kousoulis, Antonis A, Kousoulis, Antonis A., Danis, Kostas   +7 more
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“Etymologia Est Origo Vocabulorum…”

, 1985
Summary The study wants to contribute to the explication of Isidore of Sevilla’s conception of etymology starting with the definition “Etymologia est origo vocabulorum, cum vis verbi vel nominis per interpretationem colligitur” (Etym. I, xxix, 1).
Wolfgang Schweickard
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Quality assessment systems in rehabilitation services for people with a disability in Greece: a critical review.

, 2013
BACKGROUND: Despite international interest on quality assessment systems (QAS) and their importance in health care accreditation, implementation of a Rehabilitation Services Quality Measurement System still remains a neglected subject in Greece ...
Markaki, A., Kousoulis, A. A., Lionis, C., Dimitriadis, Vassilios, Sgantzos, Markos N, Dimitriadis, V., Hadjipavlou, Alexander, Lionis, Christos, Hadjipavlou, A., Kousoulis, Antonis A, Sgantzos, M. N., Markaki, Adelais   +11 more
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Exploring health care reform in a changing Europe: lessons from Greece.

, 2013
The economic crisis is the major theme in the Eurozone and its impact on public health and outcomes is largely discussed. Under this pressure, concerns of further inequalities exist that may have an impact on the burden of several diseases in certain ...
Angelopoulou, Konstantina-Eleni, Lionis, Christos, Kousoulis, Antonis A   +2 more
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Quae Tractatibus Uberiores I. De Orthographia, II. Prosodia, III. Etymologia, IV. Syntaxi, & V. Figuris Grammaticis, complectitur: [PDF]

QUAE TRACTATIBUS UBERIORES I. DE ORTHOGRAPHIA, II. PROSODIA, III. ETYMOLOGIA, IV. SYNTAXI, & V. FIGURIS GRAMMATICIS, COMPLECTITUR: Compendium Grammatices ... (-) Quae Tractatibus Uberiores I. De Orthographia, II. Prosodia, III.
Zehner, Joachim
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The earliest mention of a black bag.

, 2011
A black bag, needed especially for home visits, has been used since the time of Hippocrates who, in his treatise "On good manners", gave the first detailed description of a medical bag with guidelines for the required equipment and structure.
Gregory Tsoucalas, Tsoucalas, Gregory, Ioannis Tsoucalas, George Androutsos, Androutsos, George, Antonis A. Kousoulis, Kousoulis, Antonis A, Tsoucalas, Ioannis   +7 more
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Imperforate anus and perianal fistula in Ancient Greek medical writings. [PDF]

, 2012
Anorectal malformations remain a challenging topic in pediatric surgery, known since antiquity. In our paper we expose the main descriptions and therapeutic approaches of imperforate anus and perianal fistula through the works of the ancient Greek and ...
Gentimi, Fotini, Karamanou, Marianna, Tsoucalas, Gregory, Androutsos, George, Kousoulis, Antonis A   +4 more
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Craniofacial morphology in ancient and modern Greeks through 4,000 years.

, 2014
BACKGROUND: Multiple 20th century studies have speculated on the anthropological similarities of the modern inhabitants of Greece with their ancient predecessors.
Synodinos, Philippos N, Kousoulis, Antonis A, Papagrigorakis, Manolis J   +2 more
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The first official schools for nursing education in Greece: over a century of tradition. [PDF]

, 2011
The pressing need for educated nursing staff in Greece was first recognized by Queen Olga and Crown Princess Sofia, at the end of the nineteenth century with significant international aid.As a result, the School of Nursing Sisters of the Sanatorium ...
Karamanou, Marianna, Tsoucalas, Gregory, Androutsos, George, Kousoulis, Antonis A, Tsoucalas, Ioannis   +4 more
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Scotland's "wooden operator" William Smellie (1697-1763) and his counterpart in France André Levret (1703-1780): two great obstetricians and anatomists. [PDF]

, 2011
During the eighteenth century two great physicians, William Smellie and André Levret, instated maternity as a medical procedure. Although they had to face the negative criticism from women midwives of their time, nonetheless, through their work, they ...
Karamanou, Marianna, Tsoucalas, Gregory, Androutsos, George, Kousoulis, Antonis A   +3 more
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