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Explains Heo Jun’s Dongui Bogam [동의보감] which is an important book in traditional Korean medicine. Heo Jun [허준] was a court physician during the reign of King Seonjo of the Joseon dynasty in Korea.

Ancient Greek Medicine from the Neolithic Age to the Late Antiquity: Homeric Medicine, Theurgical Healing, Theocratic Philosophers, Hippocrates, τhe Foundations of Rational-Modern Medicine, Alexandrian Doctors, Galen, Pharmacology. Its glorious history comes to life, through fiction and the help of digital technology: 3D representations of ancient temples, aerial shootings of archaeological sites, location scan-using photogrammetry, original medicine drawings.

Is a belief in evolution necessary to be a good doctor? Some have claimed that a physician who rejects the idea of evolution will make bad clinical decisions. Is there a basis for this claim? In this important video, Dr. Tommy Mitchell, a practicing internist for over 20 years, clearly shows that belief in evolution is not necessary for the proper practice of medicine. Dr. Mitchell discusses various topics including antibiotic resistance, vestigial organs, the origin of germs, and euthanasia. Most importantly, Dr. Mitchell examines the moral implications of an evolutionary worldview. What is the basis for caring? Here you will see that the only answer is found in the Word of God.

Twelve hundred years ago the people of Tibet developed a comprehensive medical system. They understood how the mind can powerfully affect the body. They knew subtle ways of changing the body¹s chemistry with medicines made from plants and minerals. They blessed their medicines in lengthy rituals. And they encoded this knowledge in a series of elaborate paintings.

An eccentric scientist in the Amazon jungle rejects his research assistant for being a woman, but as bulldozers threaten their work on a potential cancer cure, they learn to collaborate and begin to fall in love.