If science is defined or understood as a mode of seeking knowledge, a means of interpreting nature in a way that can be demonstrated to others, then the plant-medicine traditions of the Amazon as they have been practiced constitute an authentic scientific discipline.
Jonathon Miller WeisbergerMots clés medicine rainforest
Among the Secoya, clear guidelines regulate preparation of the medicine. They are adamant about this preparation method and insist that the guidelines be followed. I've already discussed some fundamentals of harvesting the plants. When respected, all the elements and subtle factors combine to make a potent and efficacious medicine, necessary for a positive and healing ceremony.
Jonathon Miller WeisbergerMots clés medicine rainforests
The Secoya are trapped between the devastating effects of the colonization frontier and their rich traditional past, which is proving to be as fragile a reality and as fleeting a memory as the most powerful visions of their esoteric science. But instead of detailing that sad scene, in this chapter I have attempted to portray my image of this culture as I see it in its fading colors, magic, and awe-inspiring mystery.
Jonathon Miller WeisbergerMots clés medicine rainforests secoya
Like the burning of the ancient library at Alexandria or the supremely ignorant incineration of stacks of invaluable Mayan codices, the loss of knowledge we are experiencing as the last of the traditional elders pass from this physical plane of existence without heirs to their knowledge- as well as the very environment in which sacred plants grow- is a tragedy occurring right now as you read these lines, one that could well be beyond redemption.
Jonathon Miller WeisbergerMots clés medicine culture rainforest
Belief begins where science leaves off and ends where science begins.
Rudolf VirchowMots clés science biology belief medicine pathology father-of-pathology
It is my belief that the basic knowledge that we're providing to the world will have a profound impact on the human condition and the treatments for disease and our view of our place on the biological continuum.
J. Craig VenterMots clés science future progress knowledge biology belief evolution medicine treatment disease genetics molecular-genetics
Reply when questioned on the safety of the polio vaccine he developed:
It is safe, and you can't get safer than safe.
Mots clés humor science biology funny health medicine safe vaccine polio-vaccine
So, if you're a doctor, how can you recognize that you're having a feeling? Some tips from Dr. Zinn:
Most emotions have physical counterparts. Anxiety may be associated with a tightness of the abdomen or excessive diaphoresis; anger may be manifested by a generalized muscle tightness or a clenching of the jaw; sexual arousal may be noted by a tingling of the loins or piloerection; and sadness may be felt by conjunctival injection or heaviness of the chest.
Not only in antiquity but in our own times also laws have been passed...to secure good conditions for workers; so it is right that the art of medicine should contribute its portion for the benefit and relief of those for whom the law has shown such foresight...[We] ought to show peculiar zeal...in taking precautions for their safety. I for one have done all that lay in my power, and have not thought it beneath me to step into workshops of the meaner sort now and again and study the obscure operations of mechanical arts.
Bernardino RamazziniMots clés science compassion power biology safety security foresight medicine laws zeal relief care scientist benefit antiquity father-of-occupational-medicine good-conditions
I don't like people much, and I like doctors even less.
Star Trek: The Next Generation Episode Guide TeamMots clés medicine physicians interpersonal-skills
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