History of medicine - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medicineThe history of medicine shows how societies have changed in their approach to illness and disease from ancient times to the present. Early medical traditions include those of Babylon, China, Egypt and India. Sushruta, from India, introduced the concepts of medical diagnosis and prognosis.The Hippocratic Oath was written in ancient Greece in the 5th century BCE, and is a …
Pharmaceutical industry - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical_industryThe pharmaceutical industry discovers, develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceutical drugs for use as medications to be administered (or self-administered) to patients, with the aim to cure them, vaccinate them, or alleviate the symptoms. Pharmaceutical companies may deal in generic or brand medications and medical devices. They are subject to a variety of laws and …
Medicine - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MedicineMedical availability and clinical practice varies across the world due to regional differences in culture and technology. Modern scientific medicine is highly developed in the Western world, while in developing countries such as parts of Africa or Asia, the population may rely more heavily on traditional medicine with limited evidence and efficacy and no required formal training for practitioners.
Pharmaceutical industry - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pharmaceutical_industryTHE barbiturates, introduced into medicine by E. Fischer and J. von Mering1 in 1903, are certainly among the most widely used and abused drugs in medicine. Approximately 400 tons of these agents are manufactured each year; this is enough to put approximately 9,000,000 people to sleep each night for that period if each were given a 0.1-gm. dose