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Pills, Powders, and Balms : The Cultural History of Medicines
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How does a functioning health system bring about a stable society? What were and are the great evolutionary steps in the development of new medicines and what are the challenges for the future? Fro...
How does a functioning health system bring about a stable society? What were and are the great evolutionary steps in the development of new medicines and what are the challenges for the future? From the herbal gardens of the Middle Ages and Paracelsus to the great researchers of the 19th and 20th centuries, the cultural history of medicine reflects the history of mankind.
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- Creator
- Österreichischer Rundfunk
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2014], c2012
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (51 min.) : sd., col
- digital
- data file
- OCLC
- ocn881398366
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on April 20, 2014.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Cultural History of Medicine (1:09) -- Developing Anesthesia (2:10) -- Vienna Dioscurides (1:06) -- Individualized Medicine (3:06) -- Persian Medical Advances (1:45) -- Medieval Herbal Medicine (2:15) -- Modern Pharmacies (3:10) -- Counterfeit Medicines (4:06) -- Pharmaceutical Regulation (2:46) -- European Medicines Agency (1:53) -- Chinese Medicine Principles (2:12) -- Chinese Healthcare System (2:27) -- 20th Century Medical Breakthroughs (2:49) -- Paracelsus Principle (2:00) -- Medical Research (1:42) -- Pharmacology Research (1:27) -- Molecular Cancer Research (2:07) -- Medical Research Stalemate (3:13) -- Medical Expectations (1:37) -- Increasing Medication Access (3:01) -- Generic Medicine Industry (1:46) -- Austria's Medicine Production Process (1:30) -- Future of Modern Medicine (1:19) -- Credits: Pills, Powders, and Balms: the Cultural History of Medicines (0:38)