Comprehensive Guide to Wilderness & Travel Medicine
Revolutionary advance in emergency medicine knowledge, techniques, and equipment, as well as a new standard of first aid practice permeate the text and provide the foundation for lay people to provide vital emergency care in remote settings.
This work book is for second-year medical students to improve their reading skills as well as writng and listening ones. The topics are chosen to meet the contents of their medical subjects. The book is used officially at Hue College of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam. This pulication consists of the book (doc file - 6m) and an audio (mp3-23M).
Ayurvedic Medicine: The Principles of Traditional Practice
Ayurvedic Medicine brings the unique theories and traditions of Ayurveda alive so that they are accessible to the complementary health practitioner of today. This book offers a clear, accessible and yet detailed guide to Ayurvedic herbalism. It encompasses a brief history of the growth of Ayurveda , a discussion of its fundamental principles, treatment strategies as well as the energetic approach of traditional Ayurvedic herbal pharmacy and pharmacology. It also emphasizes the importance of using sustainably harvested herbs in clinical practice. T
Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine: A Comprehensive Study Guide, 7th Edition
Packing a remarkable amount of information in a compact format, this Handbook gives you an effective condensation of the clinical content of Tintinalli's Emergency Medicine, the premier text in the field. In these pages, you'll find well-organized: charts, tables, and outlines summarizing key points; pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of all conditions encountered in the emergency room; new coverage of clinical protocols, fluid resuscitation, respiratory distress in children, and pelvic pain; chapter references to Emergency Medicine, 5th Edition for expanded review.
The History of Medicine - The Middle Ages 500 - 1450
During the Middle Ages (ca. 529-1100), the rise of Christianity had a definite effect on the practice of medicine. Pope Gregory (ca. 540-604) stressed the importance of prayer over medicine, and over time that sentiment became pervasive. Each time a person was healed, it was considered a miracle. The church taught that since God sometimes sent illness as punishment, that prayer and repentance could lead to recovery. When Christians used herbal remedies, the church wanted the magic spells to be replaced with prayers of devotion. Eventually, as different schools of thought emerged, tension developed between church-related cures and folk medicine.
