they remain true today. [8:07]Now, I’m talking about the ren zhong on this point. I might as well make a point which is relevant to our understanding of Chinese medicine to BioMedicine. [8:23] The ren zhong is simply that bit of the anatomy where unfortunately in the case of some...
Once leeches are peeled away, the resulting wounds leak blood for another six hours, until the anticoagulant chemicals wear off. Leech therapy was standard medical practice until the mid-1800s, and historical records show the treatment was common in Ancient Egyptian, Indian, Greek, and Arab ...
Today, nearly 40 years later, Gardner is surrounded by noodles in jars at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Manter Laboratory of Parasitology, where he has served as curator for three decades. Housed in a few modest rooms adjacent to a botanical collection and the floor’s on...
I mean look what happened when we discovered nuclear energy. We came within a hair’s breadth from ending the world, notjust once, butmultiple times. And we’ve still got those horrible armageddon weapons pointed at each other. What could extraterrestrials possibly give us that we wouldn’t ...
LIGHTNING throws his face into a stark relief map of pain and fury: blood is streaming from his hairline, freezing in his eyes, staining his teeth. He gazes up at the mainsail, still intact and straining against the wind. We hear a huge CRACK! The base of the mast is starting ...