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The Medical Alchemist vt.The Uroscopy by Franz Christoph Janneck (1703–1761), (Science History Institute). Practitioners of uroscopy are referred to as uroscopists. In the era in which uroscopy was a popular way of thinking, one of the major benefits was the lack of surgical operations, lending itself to the most conservative of adherents to the Hippocratic Oath.
Innovation in Byzantine Medicine: The Writings of John Zacharias Aktouarios (c.1275-c.1330) is a 2020 monograph by Greek author and academic Petros Bouras-Vallianatos.The book delves into the largely unexplored works of late Byzantine physician John Zacharias Aktouarios, known for his contributions to uroscopy, physiology, and pharmacology.
Actuarius wrote several books on medicinal subjects, particularly, an extensive treatise about the urines and uroscopy. Around 1299, he considered moving to Thessalonica , but decided to stay in Constantinople; later, he was appointed chief physician to the Emperor .
Daniel's work made this information accessible to a wider readership than trained medical scholars and physicians. [3] Daniel's first major work, his Liber Uricrisiarum, tells readers how to diagnose illnesses by uroscopy, the analysis of a patient's urine. The text contains uroscopic knowledge from Greek, Arabic, and Latin medical traditions. [3]
Dissection scene from Fasiculo de Medicina (Venice, 1495).. Fasciculus Medicinae is a "bundle" of six independent and quite different medieval medical treatises. The collection, which existed only in two manuscripts (handwritten copies), was first printed in 1491 in Latin and came out in numerous editions over the next 25 years.
All human societies have medical beliefs - birth, death, disease and cures are explained in some manner. Historically, throughout the history of medicine world illness has often been attributed to witchcraft, demons or the will of the gods, ideas that still retain some power, even in 'modern' societies, with faith healing and shrines still common.
Theophilus Protospatharius, holding a blue-gray uroscopy flask, depicted in a 13th-century manuscript. Theophilus Protospatharius (Greek: Θεόφιλος Πρωτοσπαθάριος; ca. 7th century) was the author of several extant Greek medical works. Nothing is known of his life or the time when he lived.
Cystoscopy is endoscopy of the urinary bladder via the urethra.It is carried out with a cystoscope.. The urethra is the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body.