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AIDS
The immunodeficiency (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) caused by infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Opportunistic infections are likely to occur, tuberculosis being an increasing ...
alcohol
n. any of a class of organic compounds formed when a hydroxyl group (–OH) is substituted for a hydrogen atom in a hydrocarbon. The alcohol in alcoholic drinks is ethyl alcohol (ethanol), which has ...
anorexia nervosa
A psychiatric illness in which the patients starve themselves or use other techniques, such as vomiting or taking laxatives, to induce weight loss. To fulfil ICD-10 criteria for anorexia nervosa a ...
Asclepiades
(first century bce/ce),author of an Aegyptiaka (History of Egypt) and a work entitled Theologomenoi (Discourses about the Gods) cited by Suetonius for an important variant tradition about the birth ...
Asclepius
In Greek mythology, a hero and god of healing, son of Apollo, often represented bearing a staff with a serpent coiled round it. He sometimes bears a scroll or tablet, probably representing medical ...
cancer
A malignant neoplasm (including both carcinoma and sarcoma) which arises from the abnormal and uncontrolled division of cells and which invades and destroys the surrounding tissues. The primary ...
CD Acts
The first of the British Contagious Diseases (or CD) Acts was passed in 1864, as an exceptional measure intended to protect the health of soldiers and sailors in eight garrison ...
cholera
n. an acute infection of the small intestine by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which causes severe vomiting and diarrhoea (known as ricewater stools) leading to dehydration. The disease is contracted ...
disability
(dis-ă-bil-iti)a loss or restriction of functional ability or activity as a result of impairment of the body or mind. See also handicap.—disabled(dis-ay-bŭld) adj.
Douglas family
1. to 1455;2. since 1455.1. to 1455;2. since 1455.The foundations for the rise to prominence of the Black Douglas family arose out of the support and service given ...
drugs
Narcotics, stimulants, inebriants, and mind-altering substances have been used historically by peoples around the world to satisfy a variety of needs, including religious activities, public ...
economy, primary sector
1. agriculture, to 1770s;2. agriculture, 1770s onwards;3. mining and quarrying;4. fishing.1. agriculture, to 1770s;2. agriculture, 1770s onwards;3. mining and quarrying;4. fishing.Early prehistoric ...
epidemic
n. a sudden outbreak of infectious disease that spreads rapidly through the population, affecting a large proportion of people. The commonest epidemics today are of influenza. Compare endemic, ...
Galen
(129–199),Greek physician. He attempted to systematize the whole of medicine, making important discoveries in anatomy and physiology. His works became influential in Europe when retranslated from ...
germ theory
The theory of disease causation by tiny living creatures was proposed or hinted at by scholars, philosophers, and physicians in antiquity. The theory was confirmed after the invention of the ...
Greek population
The demography of Greece is hard to investigate because of the shortage of statistical data. Owing to the stress on war in historiography most estimates of population size relate to the size of ...
gynaecology
n. the study of diseases of women and girls, particularly those affecting the female reproductive system. Compare obstetrics. —gynaecological adj. —gynaecologist n.
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Encyclopedia of the Enlightenment
The Enlightenment had little effect on secular patterns of disease. During the Enlightenment, however, some familiar pestilences (plague, for instance)
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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Greece and Rome
Greeks and Romans could suffer from serious health conditions including malaria, tuberculosis, deficiency diseases, pneumonia, pleurisy, hepatitis, parasites, eye infections,
