All human societies have medical beliefs - birth, death, disease and cures are explained in some manner. Historically, throughout the history of medicine world illness has often been attributed to witchcraft, demons or the will of the gods, ideas that still retain some power, even in 'modern' societies, with faith healing and shrines still common.
 |
Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of medicine. |
Subcategories
This category has the following 33 subcategories, out of 33 total.
.
A
C
D
H
I
L
M
N
O
- History of opium (4 P)
P
R
- Retrospective diagnosis (13 P)
T
V
- History of veterinary medicine (18 P)
W
Pages in category "History of medicine"
The following 139 pages are in this category, out of 139 total. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more).
A
B
C
- Caduceus as a symbol of medicine
- Canadian Society for the History of Medicine
- History of cancer
- Cardiocentric hypothesis
- Chimney sweep
- Chirurgia magna
- Cholera belt
- Cholera pit
- City physician
- Cloth face mask
- History of condoms
- Consilia
- Contemporary reaction to Ignaz Semmelweis
- Contingent contagionism
- COVID-19 naming
D
E
F
G
H
- Hagiotherapy
- Harveian Society of London
- List of health and medical strikes
- Heart: A History
- Heroic medicine
- History of cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- History of dental treatments
- History of electroconvulsive therapy in the United States
- History of magnetic resonance imaging
- A History of Medicine
- History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group
- History of penicillin
- History of beliefs about the human body
- History of hypertension