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Medicine

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nervous system. Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain)
heart. Wikimedia Commons (Ewen, CC)

The history of medicine can be traced back as far as Neolithic man, but our understanding of medicine began with the Sumerians. Our knowledge of anatomy began with the Greeks, but truly took hold during the Middle Ages. Modern medicine can be traced back to discoveries made in the 17th century. That’s when William Harvey demonstrated the circulation of blood in the body, quinine was used to treat ... Read more