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...name from [[Atropos]], one of the three [[Moirae|Fates]] who, according to Greek mythology, chose how a person was to die. Atropine is a ''core'' medicine i ...lly indicated for either of these purposes by the FDA, it has been used by physicians for these purposes.<ref>[http://www.eperc.mcw.edu/fastFact/ff_109.htm Untit

...attention to Plato's words, modern and ancient medicine, and other ancient Greek sources point to the above account being consistent with ''Conium'' poisoni ...2008}} It was also used by [[Greeks|Greek]] and [[Persian people|Persian]] physicians for a variety of problems, such as [[arthritis]]. {{Citation needed|date=Ma

...ed from an admonition in [[Italian language|Italian]] and [[Greek language|Greek]] meaning "do not betray a beautiful lady".<ref name="spiegl"/><ref name="h ...ived from that of the Greek goddess [[Atropos]], one of the three [[Moirae|Greek fates or destinies]] who would determine the course of a man's life by the

...inoma''', '''-sarcoma''' or '''-blastoma''' as a suffix, with the Latin or Greek word for the organ of origin as the root. For instance, a cancer of the liv ...journal |author=Karpozilos A, Pavlidis N |title=The treatment of cancer in Greek antiquity |journal=European Journal of Cancer |volume=40 |issue=14 |pages=2

...dings of Ruphus and [[Herophilus]] findings were further propagated by the Greek physician [[Galen]], who described the lacteals and mesenteric lymph nodes ...llenged until the seventeenth century, and even then were defended by some physicians.<ref name=fanous>{{cite journal|last=Fanous|first=Medhat YZ|coauthors=Antho

The '''spleen''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] "σπλήν" - ''splen''<ref>[http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?do Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Digital Library</ref>) is an organ found in v

'''Angiology''' (from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|[[wiktionary:ἀγγεῖον|ἀγγεῖον]]}}, ''angeīon ...diseases in our aging population, the establishment of a critical mass of physicians with interest in vascular diseases is paramount.<br />

According to [[Ancient Greek]] physicians, vital heat was produced by the [[heart]], maintained by the ''[[pneuma]]''

...abis". The ''Mingyi bielu'' 名醫別錄 ("Supplementary Records of Famous Physicians"), written by the Taoist pharmacologist Tao Hongjing 陶弘景 (456-536), w Both early Greek history and modern archeology show that [[Central Asian]] peoples were util

The word '''cannabis''' is from [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|κάνναβις}} (''{{lang|grc|kánnabis}}'') (see [[Latin]] ...cannabis. ''Introduced to the medical profession by us''."<ref>''1929-1930 Physicians' Catalog of the Pharmaceutical and Biological Products of Parke, Davis & Co

...lization|Indians]], and [[History of China#Ancient era|Chinese]]. Islamic physicians and other Eastern scholars maintained and advanced the practice of [[Medici ...iver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]] (1809–1894) in 1846 from the [[Greek language|Greek]] {{lang|grc|αν-}}, ''an-'', "without"; and {{lang|grc|αἴσθησις}