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Early medical practice traced through ancient remedies and discoveries
Doctor Alvarez reflects on the origins of medicine from cave therapies to ancient Egypt India and China. He notes opium honey alcohol and willow bark as early remedies plus later discoveries like salicylates aspirin ephedrine and quinine and recalls personal memories of bitter bark and ipecac for fever and dysentery.
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Walter C. Alvarez
Mayo Clinic
Mayo Foundation
Egypt
Mesopotamia
India
China
Vermont
Canada
California
Chen
United States
South America
Andes
England