History of Science 2200E Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Ebers Papyrus, Blood Sugar, Laudanum
4 Oct 2018
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Know the readings- some names and dates (chronic order) neo lithic and paleolithic. Vicodin: useful as a prescription pain killer abused by dr. house. When talking about weed in terms of dosage it makes it less wishy washy. For intestinal problems (e. g. , colitis, ibs, c. difficile) Place in california that will ship out maggots to use for this. They eat out the dead tissue and then the maggots are removed. They can heal or harm (or do both at once) (duffin, 103) Drugs may be classified in terms of their: Replaces things that body doesn"t have enough of. Some naturally occurring drugs may be synthetically produced in the laboratory. Desmoteplase bat saliva clot buster (stroke treatment) Insulin produced using recombinant dna and e. coli bacteria. Dated to 1550 bc (purchased in 1873) likely older. A medical textbook; 876 prescriptions; spells and amulets (see overview)
