Talk:History of medicine
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If Medicine traditions were found in Babylon,China,India how did Baghdad have one of the earliest records of having a hospital.
edit(Hi everybody i am new here ) i have a question. If Medicine traditions were found in Babylon,China,India how did Baghdad have one of the earliest records of having a hospital i did a internet search and found this {The earliest general hospital was built in 805 CE in Baghdad by Harun Al-Rashid.} feel free to teach me , i am eager to learn from anyone Mohnish Senapati (talk) 15:14, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
Opening image collage
editI see that before September 2022, there was just a single, simple image in the lede section, File:HippocraticOath.jpg. I'm not saying that's the best image to necessarily use, but it's been replaced by a collage of 9 (!) images that display at postage-stamp sized on desktop, and scroll a screen or two's worth of space on mobile. IMO, collages need to be used with caution. It's better to have just one or two really good images than to have a ton of images. I've used an opening collage myself, but only for a case where the visuals were both very relevant and very distinct, making it difficult to pick just one. The images picked here are just overkill.
Any objections to going back to just one image, or at least fewer images? Or suggestions for the one image to use? SnowFire (talk) 23:50, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
- I went ahead and boldly removed them. If anyone wants to restore the images where appropriate elsewhere throughout the article, go for it. SnowFire (talk) 23:34, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Criticism on early medicinal practices
editMedicinal practices like Ayurveda are considered as pseudoscience in modern age but since it is a article which talks about history of medicine it is not required to provide criticism as it already existed in respective of the articles. Myuoh kaka roi (talk) 23:41, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Since these practices do persist into modern times, it is worth mentioning that and mentioning how they are regarded by the rest of the medical community. MrOllie (talk) 23:46, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Agreed Myuoh kaka roi (talk) 23:52, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
Article length
editWe're at over 14k readable words, which is almost certainly too long. The late modern section in particular has so many subsections, some of which could likely be trimmed. The article as a whole is just overwhelming right now--I'm not sure what the best way is to approach it. SomeoneDreaming (talk) 15:55, 16 November 2024 (UTC)
- @SomeoneDreaming a lot of the sections have their own articles. Maybe some of the current content could be moved over to the respective articles? IntentionallyDense (Contribs) 02:32, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
- Yeah, I think that makes a lot of sense! SomeoneDreaming (talk) 04:58, 17 November 2024 (UTC)