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Rain falling over a drainage basin in Scotland.Understanding the cycling of water into, through, and out of catchments is a key element of hydrology. Hydrology (from Ancient Greek ὕδωρ (húdōr) ' water ' and -λογία () ' study of ') is the scientific study of the movement, distribution, and management of water on Earth and other planets, including the water cycle, water resources ...
De materia medica was the first extensive pharmacopeia, including about a thousand natural product drugs (mostly plant-based), 4,740 medicinal usages for drugs, and 360 medical properties (such as antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, stimulant). The book was heavily translated, and portrayed some of the emblematic actions of physicians and herbalists.
The Hippocratic Oath is an oath traditionally taken by physicians pertaining to the ethical practice of medicine.It is widely believed that the oath was written by Hippocrates, the father of western medicine, in the 4th century BC, or by one of his students
50 – 70 AD – Pedanius Dioscorides writes De Materia Medica – a precursor of modern pharmacopoeias that was in use for almost 1600 years; 2nd century AD Aretaeus of Cappadocia; 98 – 138 AD – Soranus of Ephesus [17] 129 – 216 AD – Galen – Clinical medicine based on observation and experience. [13]
A microbiologist examining cultures under a dissecting microscope. Medical microbiology, the large subset of microbiology that is applied to medicine, is a branch of medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases.
Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis (/ ˌ nj uː m ə n oʊ ˌ ʌ l t r ə ˌ m aɪ k r ə ˈ s k ɒ p ɪ k ˌ s ɪ l ɪ k oʊ v ɒ l ˌ k eɪ n oʊ ˌ k oʊ n i ˈ oʊ s ɪ s / ⓘ [1] [2]) is a 45-letter word coined in 1935 by the then-president of the National Puzzlers' League, Everett M. Smith.
Minerva Medica: English: 1953–present Missouri Medicine: Medicine: Missouri State Medical Association: English: 1904–present Molecular Medicine: Medicine: The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research: English: 1994–present Molecular Neurodegeneration: Neurology: BioMed Central: English: 2006–present Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine ...
Instituto Nacional De Meteorologia E Hidrologia (Venezuela) Instituto Nacional Meteorologia e Hidrologia (Ecuador) Institute of Meteorology (Cuba) Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (Guatemala) National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology of Peru; Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (Argentina)