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Medicine: Europe and East |
by waheed elqalatawy
What medicines the Europeans had found a few centuries ago
when they began their present scientific discipline with the
surrounding environment ?
.Medicinal herbs in sporadic areas of the world ( Ephedra
in China and Rauwlfia in india are examples. )
.Culinary plants and honey used by the Arabs for centuries.
.Some simple practices like acupressure and massage..etc.
used in China.
It took them some centuries untill the 20th century when
they created that huge amount of the synthetic drugs start-
ing from the hydrocarbons of oil( petrolium) through the
whole century to date. Oil is thought to be formed by the
complete decay of dead bodies under
harsh conditions deep inside the earth.
When man administer the (oily) extract of humanity ,
the dual nature of the later
manifests itself in its known two forms:
1- The good part which is the therapeutic ( pharmacologic)
effect.
2- The bad part which is the side effect(s).
Does this mean that our current medical practice is a bad one?
Absolutely not. This type of practice is the one which
has the following attributes :
. Diagnose diseases with the present good level of precision,
and presntented its diagnostic tools.
. Surgery and organ transplantation are indispensible.
. The only weapons we have against the unmerciful invador (cancer) .
. It presented us the gems of pharmaceuticals ( Anti-biotics).
. It presented us the pre and post-operative medicines needed
for inevitable surgeries.
. It was the clue to recognize our genome.
. Medicine has a definite outlines and rules that allow a good
level of control over its practice
. Above all it is still our main adopted tool for health and wellness.
waheed elqalatawy writes simple
scientific articles on health topics.
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