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    Montessori believed that the imagination be encouraged through real experiences and not fantasy. She felt very strong that this powerful force was not wasted on fantasy. It was important to allow a child to develop their imagination from real information and real experiences. Montessori believed that young children were attracted to reality; they learn to enjoy it and use their own imaginations to create new situations in their own lives. They were just excited about hearing a simple story of a

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    led to the abatement of the Aboriginal traditional medicines.(p88). Losing their freedom to practice traditional therapeutics‚ the Aboriginal people eventually had to adapt to the culturally inappropriate ways of western medicines. The purpose of this paper is to examine the advantages of Aboriginal healing methods for the Aboriginal people‚ as well as to explain why these traditional methods continued to persist long after western style medicines were introduced. Advantages of Aboriginal Healing

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    Plantain – Medicine that Treats Everything Throughout years‚ I was taught to believe that the best medicine is not a pill‚ but a folk medicine. The most common folk medicine in my culture was plantain. This herb meant to help in a variety of sicknesses. For instance‚ when I got food poison followed by high fever‚ vomiting‚ and diarrhea‚ my mother prepared a tincture based on plantain‚ vinegar and salt. I had to drink 15 drops of this mixture every hour and after 5 hours the reaction

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    There have been many advances and discoveries in medicine through the past years‚ but I have two that I believe made a huge difference during this century we are in today. One of them being anesthetic’s and pain medicine‚ in the old ages thinking stuff such as only removing a boil was unable to do due to pain medicine or anesthetic’s is quiet frightening because in the 21st century a lot of surgery procedures are performed from the minor procedures to the biggest of all such as open heart surgeries

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    Throughout the history of medicine‚ many innovations have occurred that impacted the world and vastly transformed the future of medicine. In my opinion‚ the four most important innovations in medicine are Vesalius’s book and view on anatomy‚ inoculation and vaccination‚ the microscope‚ and MRIs and CAT scans. The 16th century contained some of the greatest innovations of all time; one in particular was Vesalius’s anatomy book‚ De humani corporis fabrica. Vesalius’s book was the first medical book

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    centimeters long‚ are angular in shape‚ narrow in the end and the top is shortening. In various parts of the world‚ the uses of this plant are very diverse. A multipurpose plant which providing food‚ and medicine to the people. This essay will discuss on how a pandan tree can be used as a tropical medicine and its effects. 38 year old Hellen‚ a mother to three beautiful daughters. Suffers from asthma and every time she has an asthma attack‚ she always relies on her medication which she gets from her previous

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    The development of medicine has had a massive effect of the course of human history. Medical knowledge has lead to great leaps in population and greatly increased quality of life throughout history. Likewise the lack of or lose of medical science has also lead to great suffering and loss of life. Advancement in medical learning have come from all over the world. Knowledge from certain areas has endured and from other is only now beginning to be relearned. Ancient cultural practices‚ religious influence

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    Children Are Not Using their Imagination Growing up‚ as a child in the mid 80’s and the entire 90’s there wasn’t the holding back children’s imagination‚ sky was the limit; G.I. Joe‚ Barbie‚ E-Z bake oven‚ and the ever so classic Brite-Lite LED art kit. With their imagination‚ a child could become an intergalactic alien slayer‚ or the parent of a tear shedding cabbage patch doll. A technological advancement was created that enslaved and dumb down America’s children. Now it is high definition

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    Sociological imagination is considering all influences on any given situation to get a better understanding. It is relating personal problems or experiences to previous events in history. It is putting together pieces of a puzzle starting with past experiences and relating it to the personal problem of the present. In my opinion‚ sociological imagination is the ability to predict your own future of the future of someone else when taking past experience into account. The most obvious example that

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    traditional medicine

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    fact‚ the number of patients who have used traditional medicine to cure their health is increasing. This essay will examine some of the arguments for and against alternative medicine. There are two main ideas in support of alternative medicine. The first important arguments is herbal medicine is from nature. Therefore‚ there are many advantages such as it has less side-effect than Western medicine. One other reason people use traditional medicine is that it has been used for a long time. For example

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