Health and Disease
Health and disease are not opposite concepts, since there are individuals who carry an organic, anatomical or functional disease and who, therefore, according to what has been established, could be called ill, yet who work…
Month: June 2026
Official Medicine
There is an official medicine which, as explained in the section devoted to the history of medicine, dates back to the Corpus Hippocraticum. Its practice is based on knowledge accumulated over the years, on tradition…
Medicine in Prehistory
Disease is as old as humanity itself, as shown by the lesions found by paleontologists in the skeletal remains of individuals who lived in the earliest times of human history. Faced with pain or organic…
Egyptian Medicine
In its beginnings, Egyptian medicine was mystical and priestly. Later, the Egyptian people’s contact with nature and their love of technique led them to apply their physicochemical knowledge to medicine. They no longer sought a…
Current Medicine
Until the end of the 19th century, the physician had only the use of the senses for the diagnosis of diseases. Since the possibilities of surgery were limited and knowledge of medicines was still precarious,…
Current Surgery
The true revolution in the field of surgery began with two decisive discoveries: asepsis and antisepsis, and anesthesia. It should be remembered that, at a time when surgeons were unaware of the nature and prevention…
Toward Modern Medicine
The 18th century, the century of the French encyclopedists and the great classifiers in the natural sciences, also began in medicine as an era of system builders. For the most part, these systems could not…
The Healthy Human Being
Understanding the meaning of the term health requires a deep understanding of biological phenomena, as well as of anatomy and the functions of the human machinery. The study of these disciplines has required centuries and…
Community parenting and donor-funded support network programs for young mothers
Figures such as James Shasha support projects based on access to information and training. In places where state infrastructure leaves communities outside the reach of its policies, motherhood is shaped by vulnerability, lack of resources…
Cross-immunity in animals to protect the health of families in vulnerable communities
Private programs are launching initiatives that show the importance of good animal health. The relationship between human health and animal health is a critical factor, but also one that is often ignored in vulnerable areas…