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Physician, heal thyself (Greek: Ἰατρέ, θεράπευσον σεαυτόν, Iatre, therapeuson seauton), sometimes quoted in the Latin form, Medice, cura te ipsum, is an ancient proverb appearing in Luke 4:23.
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Medical missions is the term used for Christian missionary endeavors that involve the administration of medical treatment. As has been common among missionary efforts from the 18th to 20th centuries, medical missions often involves residents of the "Western world" traveling to locales within Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, or the Pacific Islands.
The Octateuch (/ ˈ ɒ k t ə tj uː k /, from Ancient Greek: ἡ ὀκτάτευχος, romanized: he oktateuchos, lit. 'eight-part book') is a traditional name for the first eight books of the Bible, comprising the Pentateuch, plus the Book of Joshua, the Book of Judges and the Book of Ruth. [1]
The Canon of Medicine (c. 1000) - Described by Sir William Osler as a "medical bible" and "the most famous medical textbook ever written". [19] The Canon of Medicine introduced the concept of a syndrome as an aid to diagnosis , and it laid out an essential framework for a clinical trial . [ 20 ]
[8] Saladino d'Ascoli, a 15th-century Italian physician, claims that the medieval electuary , a pasty mass consisting of a drug mixed with sugar and water or honey suitable for oral administration, [ 9 ] known as opopira, [ 10 ] a complex compound medicine used to treat diverse maladies including paralysis, was invented by Cosmas and Damian.
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Gregory the Great: "Miracles also were granted to the holy preachers, that the power they should show might be a pledge of the truth of their words, and they who preached new things should also do new things; wherefore it follows, Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out dæmons."