ROANOKE, Va. – Forever changing the medical industry — a black woman from Roanoke known as “the Mother of Modern Medicine” played a pivotal role in American history. But it’s a name many don’t ...

Ancient medicine has evolved over time, some practices were bizarre, whereas some we use even now, from the concept of informed consent to several medicinal ingredients. Decades and centuries of ...

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Dr. Loy McAfee, one of the female doctors hired by the military as a "contract surgeon," wore this uniform around 1917. NMAH, Division of Medicine and Science The Turkish Army used the Red Crescent ...

One fresh spring afternoon twelve years ago, a stout, bald American and a compact, bright-eyed young Swiss lingered over lunch in Leipzig’s famed Auerbach’s Keller. “This is the place,” said Dr.

Traditional practices of both preventive and curative health care have existed for thousands of years, and today they are often used in conjunction with modern medicine. Of the over 476 million ...

Women have practiced medicine since antiquity, even before the professionalization of modern medicine. Be it herbal remedies, alternative medicine, or midwifery, they have proved their natural roles ...

Every year, students entering Harvard medical and dental schools write their own oaths about how they pledge to interact with each other and care for themselves, their patients, and the larger ...

For more detail on these diverse ingredients in traditional Chinese apothecaries go here. Items not to scale. Photographed at Emperor’s College of Traditional Oriental Medicine, Santa Monica, ...

A woman prepares aromatherapy session at the table with essential oil diffuser and herbs, with different types of oils and essences. As patients we can seek conventional “modern” medicine or opt for ...