Damaged goods: return to sender. A review of the historical medical records of repatriated Chinese miners.

After the Anglo-Boer (South African) War (1899-1902), there was a shortage of unskilled labor on the South African gold mines. Chinese men were imported to make up for the deficit. This article reviews the records of indentured Chinese mine workers examined for repatriation in 1905. The records tell of high proportions of social disorders, respiratory diseases, musculoskeletal disorders, opium addiction, and injury. These reflect the social and physical conditions to which these men were exposed in the mines.

The dawn of dentistry: dentistry among the Etruscans.

The Etruscans were a group of agricultural people who evolved into an urban population of craftsmen, traders, and navigators who lived in a network of cities and dominated the area of the Mediterranean around Italy in the 8th and 9th centuries BC. What has come to be known, and is of importance in our study of the history of dentistry are a significant number of very interesting works of art which include gold dental prostheses. The Etruscan prostheses are remarkable because they used gold bands which were soldered into rings instead of the gold wires which are seen in other cultures (Egyptians, Phoenicians) of the same time.

Aurum metallicum (El Oro) / Aurum metallicum (Gold)

El oro, metal precioso altamente codiciado, se emplea actualmente en medicina para suprimir la sintomatologia de algunos padecimientos sobre todo de tipo autoimune; sin embargo su uso esta limitado no solo por su costo, sino tambien por la severidad de sus efectos secundarios; en terapeutica homeopatica se utiliza para el tratamiento de un grupo un poco mas diverso de enfermedades, evitando los efectos secundarios y sobre todo tomando en cuenta al ser humano de uma manera mas integral. A continuacion hacemos una breve revision bibliografica de los aspectos mas importantes sobre el uso del oro en medicina, principalmente en homeopatia

Aurum metallicum (El Oro) / Aurum metallicum (Gold)

El oro, metal precioso altamente codiciado, se emplea actualmente en medicina para suprimir la sintomatologia de algunos padecimientos sobre todo de tipo autoimune; sin embargo su uso esta limitado no solo por su costo, sino tambien por la severidad de sus efectos secundarios; en terapeutica homeopatica se utiliza para el tratamiento de un grupo un poco mas diverso de enfermedades, evitando los efectos secundarios y sobre todo tomando en cuenta al ser humano de uma manera mas integral. A continuacion hacemos una breve revision bibliografica de los aspectos mas importantes sobre el uso del oro en medicina, principalmente en homeopatia

Blood as the earliest drug, its substitutes, preparations and latest position.

Blood was soul and Redness its active principle when red substances were rich in soul-content. But soul was a substance whence blood became a drug which donated soul to treat wounds and incurable diseases. Its redness as life-force, but also as substance, could prolong life. A drug made from human blood could treat serious wounds and as a life saving drug was also a drug of fertility. The latest use of blood appears as syrup haemoglobin while the latest use of human blood would be blood transfusion.