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  2. Mummia - Wikipedia

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    Mummia, mumia, or originally mummy referred to several different preparations in the history of medicine, from "mineral pitch" to "powdered human mummies". It originated from Arabic mūmiyā "a type of resinous bitumen found in Western Asia and used curatively" in traditional Islamic medicine , which was translated as pissasphaltus (from "pitch ...

  3. Medical cannibalism - Wikipedia

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    Mummia quickly became popular throughout Europe within the 16th century and was thought to cure all kinds of ailments. To prepare it, the black remnants in the skull and abdominal cavities were scraped out of mummies and placed in a large vase. Apothecaries mixed this mummia with herbs and wine, then prescribed it as medicine for their patients ...

  4. Traditional Asian medicine - Wikipedia

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    Traditional Asian medicine is a collective term for several types of traditional medicine practiced in Asia. [1] These include the medical traditions of: East Asia China. Tibet; Japan (Kampo) Korea; Mongolia; Southeast Asia Cambodia; Indonesia (Jamu) Thailand; Vietnam; South Asia Ayurveda; Tamil Nadu (Siddha) West Asia Middle East (Unani) Iran

  5. Voxelotor - Wikipedia

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    The CHMP also cited observational studies which found a higher rate of painful vaso-occlusive crises during treatment with voxelotor than the subjects had before starting the medicine. [ 24 ] In September 2024, Pfizer announced a voluntary withdrawal of voxelotor from all global markets due to concerns regarding the potential for severe safety ...

  6. VNU University of Medicine and Pharmacy - Wikipedia

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    Former Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam at the founding ceremony of University of Medicine and Pharmacy, November 18, 2020. [1]On May 20, 2010, Prof. PhD. Mai Trong Nhuan (Former Director of VNU-HN) signed Decision to establish the School of Medicine and Pharmacy - Vietnam National University - Hanoi.

  7. Traditional Vietnamese medicine - Wikipedia

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    It is influenced by traditional Chinese medicine. The other traditional medicine that is also practiced in Vietnam is traditional Chinese medicine (Trung Y), also known as Northern Herbology (Thuốc Bắc). [1] [2] Thuốc Nam is one of two kinds of folk remedies known to villagers, the other being the traditional exercise dưỡng sinh. [3] [4]

  8. Vietnamese encyclopedias - Wikipedia

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    Following the increasing of Internet usage in Vietnam, many online encyclopedias were published. The two largest online Vietnamese-language encyclopedias are Từ điển bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam, a state encyclopedia, and Vietnamese Wikipedia, a project of the Wikimedia Foundation.

  9. Central Military Hospital 108 - Wikipedia

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    The hospital possesses its own seal and serves a role in postgraduate training, offering programs for Level-1, Level-2 Specialist Doctor, and M.D (Doctor of Medicine). In 2024, Nguyễn Phú Trọng, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, died from illness in this hospital on 19 July. [1]