Medicine Archive

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - In ancient times, the black henbane plant was as fascinating as feared. Ancient physicians knew that when administered in appropriate quantities, this toxic flora

AncientPages.com - In 2020, a chance discovery near the small South African hamlet of Misgund in the Eastern Cape unearthed an unusual parcel – a gift to science.

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - It may be nothing than just pure coincidence, because pandemics have been around as long as humans, but it’s interesting to note a

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – The ancient Egyptian woman Merit Ptah is said to have been the first female physician and her accomplishments have inspired many women entering

AncientPages.com - What if a single musical note could mean the difference between life and death? A new sensor based on a 3,000-year-old African musical instrument can be used

AncientPages.com - Researchers have discovered 400-year-old documents that reveal Tadatoshi Hosokawa, a 17th-century lord of Kyusyu, Japan, ordered his people to produce opium for medical purposes. A description of

AncientPages.com - The Black Death is one of the most devastating plagues in human history. The Black Death, started in the Gobi Desert as a minor disease known as Yersinia

AncientPages.com - Many discoveries of modern science and technology were known to the people of ancient India. Skilled ancient doctors conducted complicated surgeries like fractures, cesareans, removing of urinary