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Medicine Lodge, Mandan O-kee-pa Ceremony
Interior View of the Medicine Lodge, Mandan O‑kee-pa Ceremony, oil on canvas by George Catlin, 1832.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Medicine Bundle
Winnebago Medicine Bundle, Nebraska, United States, 1850-60.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
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Germ Theory
The germ theory, which emerged in the late 19th century, demonstrated that microscopic germs caused most human infectious diseases. The germs involved included bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa, and prions. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), a French...
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What can we learn from Ancient Greek medicine?
This video briefly describes the ancient Greek pursuit of knowledge in regards to medicine, and the associated practices.
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Gladatorial Medicine in the Roman Empire
Courtney Ann Roby, PhD, from the Dept. of Classics at Cornell University presents, "Gladiatorial Medicine in the Roman Empire." In this lecture, Dr. Roby examines the career of Galen of Pergamum, a celebrity physician of Rome whose patients...
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Philosophy and the Practice of Medicine in Ancient Egypt
This series, "A Futuristic Look at Ancient Lenses: A Symposium on Ancient Egypt" focuses on topics and discussions from Ancient Egypt, and involved scholars from across the Eastern Illinois University Campus. In this video, Dr. Kip McGilliard...
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The Technology of Medicine in the Pharaonic Age
This series, "A Futuristic Look at Ancient Lenses: A Symposium on Ancient Egypt" focuses on topics and discussions from Ancient Egypt, and involved scholars from across the Eastern Illinois University Campus. In this video, Dr. Thomas Hawkins...
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Statue of Asklepios
Statue of Asclepius, the Greek God of medicine, holding the symbolic Rod of Asclepius with its coiled serpent.
The Glypotek, Copenhagen.
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Hygieia, Palazzo Altemps
A Pentelic marble bust of Hygieia, the Greek and Roman goddess of medicine and healing. 2nd century CE. (Palazzo Altemps, Rome)
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Native American Medicine Bag
Native American medicine bag, illustration from the Annual Archaeological Report, 1915, by Rowland B. Orr, published in "Ontario Sessional Papers, 1916, No.17-18" (1916).