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Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius, born in 1514 in Brussels...
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Avicenna
In Arabic ‘Abu ‘Ali al-Hussain ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn al-Hassan ibn ‘Ali ibn Sina, known in the West as Avicenna, an Arab philosopher...
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History of the Medical Prescription
The crossed “R” (Rx) is a symbol used by some physicians at the start of their prescription. It is not a simple “R” and “x”: it is a symbol that does not exist in our alphabet — an italic “R” with a longer leg, crossed by the line of the “x”.
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The Tumi
Surgical perforation of the skull (trepanation) was common in certain regions of Peru at the time of the Inca empire (formed by the Quechua, Aymara and other peoples).
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The Phoenix
Most beings are born of other individuals, but there is a certain species that reproduces alone. The Assyrians call it the phoenix. It does not live on fruit or flowers, but on incense and fragrant roots. After living five hundred years, it builds a nest in the branches of an oak, or at the top of a palm tree.
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