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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

In ancient Greece, hemlock was used to poison condemned prisoners. The most famous vic ...attention to Plato's words, modern and ancient medicine, and other ancient Greek sources point to the above account being consistent with ''Conium'' poisoni

...ic]] for surgery, and it was used as a poison by early men, [[Ancient Rome|ancient Romans]], including the wives of two Emperors, and by [[Macbeth of Scotland ...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

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]]'' *[[Pneuma (ancient medicine)]]

[[Cannabis (drug)|Cannabis]] has an ancient history of ritual usage as an aid to [[trance]] and has been traditionally ==Ancient African use==

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}