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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.
Coronary occlusion is caused by plaque inside of the blood vessels that direct oxygen rich blood to the heart. [8] Plaque is caused by fatty deposits and scar tissue that cling to the walls of coronary arteries. [9] The development of plaque takes years and leads to stenosis of the coronary arteries and progressively reduces blood flow. [8]
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. In its original form, it requires a new physician to swear, by a number of healing gods, to uphold specific ethical ...
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Oath of an "Entered Apprentice Mason" (Throat): "I will … never reveal any part or parts, art or arts, point or points of the secret arts and mysteries of ancient Freemasonry. . . binding myself under no less penalty than to have my throat cut across, my tongue torn out by the roots" [12]: 21–22 "This is given by drawing your right hand ...
The spirit of medicine, as imagined by Salomon Trismosin, 1582. The Caduceus became a symbol of alchemy and pharmacy in medieval Europe. Its first appearance as a medical symbol can be traced back to 1st−4th century CE in oculists' stamps that were found mostly in Celtic areas, such as Gaul, Germany and Britain, which had an engraving of the name of the physician, the name of the special ...
Plaques in the walls of the coronary arteries can rupture, resulting in occlusion of the artery and deprivation of blood flow and oxygen to the heart muscle, resulting in cardiac cell death. [9] This is known as myocardial infarction. [9] A heart attack can cause arrhythmias, as well as permanent damage to the heart muscle. [25]
[5] The method also uses the coronary artery calcium score (CAC), [5] a measurement of the amount of calcium in the walls of the arteries that supply the heart muscle, using a coronary CT calcium scan of the heart. [6] [7] CAC has been shown to be an independent marker of risk for cardiac events, cardiac mortality, and all-cause mortality. [8]