Neo-hypocratism in clinical practice by Martínez, Gregorio Nicolás Francisco

“…It is necessary to go through some of the philosophical periods, even those of a purely speculative nature of ancient medicine, so despised by modern physicians, to make an incursion, even a brief one, into the field of history, since, as Castiglioni says, no one can understand the present or consciously look to the future, if he does not know the sources and does not know how to investigate the ways through which the knowledge of truth has penetrated us and, as Auguste Comte has affirmed, "no science can be understood without its own history, always inseparable from the general history of humanity". …”
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Critical Processes and Collective Practices in Health Matrix by Ledesma, Virginia, Sturtz, Gretel, Ferrero, Pilar, Gutiérrez, Paula, Basualdo, Valeria, Cuevas, Ana Victoria, Ducoin, Florencia, Marrone, Andrea, Ciuffolini, María Beatriz

“…It can be  concluded that achievements in the realm of the collective problematization of environmental issues, the organization of workshops involving local neighbors, the insertion of the proposed task in the dynamics of the neighborhood, and the resignification of this experience in our training as family physicians need to be highlighted and valued.…”
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Syphilitic aortitis (continued) by Miravet, Horacio

“…It is not always possible to establish, by means of interrogation, the history of the specific chancre; sometimes, the patients themselves deny this possibility, resisting to accept it for reasons linked to deep-rooted prejudices that the physician is obliged to respect. It is therefore not surprising that the high percentages of positive antecedents reported by the various authors sometimes diverge considerably. …”
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Bacteriological diagnostic methods in chemical applications by von Krogh, Menzt

“…It is for medical diagnosis that Bacteriology, in the first place, proves useful to the physician. Three bacteriological methods can be used, namely: 1° direct examination, 2° culture, 3° inoculation of animals and, in addition to these, serological methods can be added: 4° agglutination, 5° complement fixation. …”
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Sex determination in the doctrine of inheritance by Machado, Deolindo

“…Although this principle represents the only direct transmission of Alkmaion's opinion, and by quoting other theses of the Crotonian physician, it has been possible to reconstruct a fairly complete picture of his theory of sex. …”
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