Links

This page contains a few relevant links for Health and Life
Sciences Terminology.

 

 

Picture: Achilles in Medical School.

Achilles’ teacher was Chiron, the centaur who taught healing
lore not only to Achilles, but also to Jason (whose name the Greeks associated
with the verb “to heal”) and Asclepius (whose healing shrines
were popular throughout antiquity, and in whose name physicians still swear
the Hippocratic Oath).

 

Links:

 

Oxford English Dictionary Online: oed.com

This resource is great for finding etymologies of most English words,
but not a lot of the technical terms of science and medicine. Strong point:
You can read the Greek letters in the etymologies!

 

Ancient Medicine/Medicina Antiqua: http://www.ea.pvt.k12.pa.us/medant/

This is filled with links to everything you want to know about ancient
medicine, and lots of other sites. Use the “Resources” section
for the links.

 

Taber’s Online: http://www.tabers.com

When you buy the 19th edition of TABER’S CYCLOPEDIC MEDICAL DICTIONARY
(required for this course), you get a free 90-day subscription to this on-line
service. Just use the password inside your textbook’s front cover. You’ll
be able to look up Medical Terms from any computer, anywhere.

 

Univ. of Arkansas Greece Tour: University
of Arkansas Study Tour to Greece: May/June, 2003

See some of the healing centers of antiquity (including Asclepius’ sanctuary
at Epidaurus and the Healing Shrine of Amphiraeus at Oropos) and earn three
hours of upper-level credit in May/June, 2003. Professor Daniel Levine.

 

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