Ancient

Ancient Medicine

Anciënt Medicine (pronunciation: /ˈeɪnʃənt ˈmɛdɪsɪn/) is a term that refers to the practices and beliefs related to health and illness in ancient civilizations.

Etymology

The term "Ancient Medicine" is derived from the English words "ancient", meaning "very old or from far back in the past", and "medicine", which refers to "the science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease".

Related Terms

• Hippocratic Corpus: A collection of early medical works from ancient Greece, written by Hippocrates and his students.
• Ayurveda: A system of medicine with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.
• Traditional Chinese Medicine: An ancient system of health and wellness that’s been used in China for thousands of years.
• Herbal Medicine: The study of botany and use of plants intended for medicinal purposes or for supplementing a diet.
• Surgery: An ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate or treat a pathological condition such as a disease or injury.

See Also

• History of Medicine
• Medicine in the medieval Islamic world
• Medieval medicine of Western Europe

External links

• Medical encyclopedia article on Ancient
• Wikipedia's article - Ancient

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