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In 1944 Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain mass-produced penicillin. In 1948 Raymond P. Ahlquist published his seminal work where divided adrenoceptors into α- and β-adrenoceptor subtypes, this allowed a better understanding of drugs mechanisms of action . In 1987, after Montreal Protocol, CFC inhalers were phased out and HFA inhalers ...
This is a list of photographs considered the most important in surveys where authoritative sources review the history of the medium not limited by time period, region, genre, topic, or other specific criteria. These images may be referred to as the most important, most iconic, or most influential—but they are all considered key images in the ...
A 12th-century manuscript of the Hippocratic Oath in Greek, one of the most famous aspects of classical medicine that carried into later eras. The history of medicine is both a study of medicine throughout history as well as a multidisciplinary field of study that seeks to explore and understand medical practices, both past and present, throughout human societies.
Lunatic asylum. Social alienation was one of the main themes in Francisco Goya 's masterpieces, such as The Madhouse (above). The lunatic asylum, insane asylum or mental asylum was an institution where people with mental illness were confined. It was an early precursor of the modern psychiatric hospital . Modern psychiatric hospitals evolved ...
Medicine show. A reenactment of a medicine show in Ringwood, Illinois. Medicine shows were touring acts (traveling by truck, horse, or wagon teams) that peddled "miracle cure" patent medicines and other products between various entertainments. They developed from European mountebank shows and were common in the United States in the nineteenth ...
List of Twentieth Century Pictures films. Poster for Blood Money (1933) Poster for Moulin Rouge (1934) Cedric Hardwicke and Fredric March in Les Misérables (1935) This is a list of films produced by Twentieth Century Pictures, distributed by United Artists and 20th Century-Fox Film Corporation . Release Date. Film Title.
e. Edgar Cayce ( / ˈkeɪsiː /; March 18, 1877 – January 3, 1945) was an American attributed clairvoyant who claimed to speak from his higher self while in a trance -like state. [1] His words were recorded by his friend, Al Layne; his wife, Gertrude Evans, and later by his secretary, Gladys Davis Turner. During the sessions, Cayce would ...
This is a list of films produced by 20th Century Fox (now 20th Century Studios [1]) from 1935—following a merger between the Fox Film Corporation and Twentieth Century Pictures—to 1999. 1930s [ edit ]