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The Oath of Maimonides is a traditional oath for pharmacists and physicians attributed to Maimonides.It is not to be confused with the more lengthy Prayer of Maimonides.It is widely used as the traditional oath taken by pharmacists, analogous to the Hippocratic Oath for physicians, for which it is also used as an alternative.
Justice House of Prayer (JHOP), a neocharismatic organization which focuses on prayer for issues such as abortion, same-sex marriage, and humanism, [17] and also regularly practices fasting. [18] Life Chain, one of the largest anti-abortion social movement organization in America. [19]
The Greek physician Hippocrates (460–370 BC), to whom the oath is traditionally attributed. The Hippocratic Oath is an oath of ethics historically taken by physicians.It is one of the most widely known of Greek medical texts.
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
Beiji qianjin yaofang was written by Sun Simiao, one of the most renowned physicians in Chinese history. [12] In the text's preface, Sun explains his motivations behind compiling thousands of remedies: I find that all formula books are massive volumes. If one suddenly encounters an emergency, it is very hard to seek the remedy.
Medical Ethics; or, a Code of Institutes and Precepts, Adapted to the Professional Conduct of Physicians and Surgeons is a medical book focused on public health and medical ethics. It was written by English physician Thomas Percival and published in 1803. The book is widely regarded as the first on public health and ethics in medicine. [1]
A general practitioner (GP) or family physician is a doctor who is a consultant in general practice.. GPs provide personal, family, and community-orientated comprehensive primary care that includes diagnosis, continues over time and is anticipatory as well as responsive
Earlier literature included lists of prescriptions for specific ailments, exemplified by a manuscript "Recipes for 52 Ailments", found in the Mawangdui, sealed in 168 BC. Present-day Chinese pharmacy is a result of pharmaceutical exchanges between China and the rest of the world in the past centuries.