Guest guest Posted December 2, 1999 Report Share Posted December 2, 1999 >From: Brown <pbrown@...> > > HISTORY OF MEDICINE > >Hey! What goes around, comes around! Christie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 7, 2005 Report Share Posted February 7, 2005 Whilst reading recently I came across the following which I find interesting. Hope you do too:- The establishment of the calendar and the invention of writing marked the dawn of recorded history. The clues to early knowledge are scanty, consisting of clay tablets bearing cuneiform signs and seals that were used by physicians of ancient Mesopotamia. In the Louvre there is preserved a stone pillar on which is inscribed the Code of Hammurabi, who was a Babylonian king of the 18th century BC. This code includes laws relating to the practice of medicine, and the penalties for failure were severe. For example, “If the doctor, in opening an abscess, shall kill the patient, his hands shall be cut off”; if, however, the patient was a slave, the doctor was simply obliged to supply another slave. Courtesy of Guthrie and Philip . Would this work today? Barrie -----------------------------------------------------------------" A positive attitude may not solve all your problems but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort"Herm Albright 1876-1944 Outgoing and incoming email scanned with NAV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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