Kos, the Greek island of Hippocrates, the "Father of Medicine"
內容簡介:A book for the medical and paramedical professions, patients and those interested in travelling and understanding more of western culture. Hippocrates, the “Father of Medicine”, lived in the same period (5. century BC) as Bian Que, the “Founder of Chinese Medicine”. There are similarities between the clinical practice of the two great ancient masters. With his detailed recordings of astute clinical observations and introducing the concept of “prognosis”, Hippocrates laid the rati...
ISBN:9789811885020
語言:英文
作者:Dr Helen Wai-Ngan Schreiber
作者背景:Dr Helen Wai-Ngan Schreiber
Dr Helen Wai-Ngan Schreiber has been practising as a paediatrician for over 30 years in Germany, integrating Chinese and Western holistic natural medicine. Born in Hong Kong, she was a graduate of Wellesley College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the USA, and the Hong Kong University Faculty of Medicine in 1978. She specialised in paediatrics in Britain and Germany, M.D. at the University of Saarland 1987. The joint “Practice of Holistic Family Medicine” together with her husband was founded in 1992. Her interests also include health issues of women and bio-identical hormones. Music, photography and writing are among her hobbies. “Path with a Heart” was a collection of essays in Chinese, English and German published in 2001.
