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folk medicine

(Encyclopedia) folk medicine, methods of curing by means of healing objects, herbs, or animal parts; ceremony; conjuring, magic, or witchcraft; and other means apart from the formalized practice of…

veterinary medicine

(Encyclopedia) veterinary medicine, diagnosis and treatment of diseases of animals. An early interest in animal diseases is found in ancient Greek writings on medicine. Veterinary medicine began to…

aerospace medicine

(Encyclopedia) aerospace medicine: see aviation medicine; space medicine.

Sigerist, Henry Ernest

(Encyclopedia) Sigerist, Henry ErnestSigerist, Henry Ernestsĭgˈərĭst [key], 1891–1957, American medical historian and writer, b. Paris, M.D. Univ. of Zürich, 1917. He taught history of medicine at…

Schnitzler, Arthur

(Encyclopedia) Schnitzler, ArthurSchnitzler, Arthurärˈt&oobreve;r shnĭtsˈlər [key], 1862–1931, Austrian dramatist and novelist. The son of a prominent Jewish Viennese physician, he studied and…

Eros, in Greek religion and mythology

(Encyclopedia) ErosErosērˈŏs, ĕrˈ– [key], in Greek religion and mythology, god of love. He was the personification of love in all its manifestations, including physical passion at its strongest,…

Poems: Love

Love Contents Mine Bequest Suspense Surrender With a Flower Proof Transplanted The Outlet In Vain Renunciation Love's Baptism Resurrection Apocalypse The Wife Apotheosis

Love, Susan

surgeon, oncologist, activistBirthplace: Long Branch, N.J.Born: 2/9/48

The Definition of Love

The Definition of Love My Love is of a birth as rare As 'tis for object strange and high: It was begotten by despair Upon Impossibility. Magnanimous Despair alone. Could show me so divine…