Background
Fig. 1.1 The multifaceted beneficial effects exerted by ART through specifically targeting a variety of hemoproteins. ART artemisinin; bNOS bacterial nitric oxide synthase; COX cytochrome c oxidase; CR calorie restriction; NO…
ART for Anti-inflammation
Fig. 5.1 Dynamic monitoring of NO production and comparative analysis of relationship between NO and SpO2 in BIA, CIA and BIA-CIA mice. a Time course detection of serum NO levels in…
The nervous system
Chapter 11 The nervous system Who could have foretold, from the structure of the brain, that wine could derange its functions? Hippocrates (460–375 BC) The neurological history The neurological history…
The gastrointestinal system
Chapter 6 The gastrointestinal system To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while to study books without patients is not to go to…
The rheumatological system
Chapter 9 The rheumatological system The rheumatism is a common name for many aches and pains which have yet got no peculiar appellation, though owing to very different causes. William…
The cardiovascular system
Chapter 4 The cardiovascular system The heart … moves of itself and does not stop unless for ever. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) This chapter deals with the history and the…
The endocrine system
Chapter 10 The endocrine system A physician is obligated to consider more than a diseased organ, more even than the whole man—he must view the man in his world. Harvey…
The haematological system
Chapter 8 The haematological system [T]he blood is the generative part, the fountain of life, the first to live, the last to die and the primary seat to the soul….
The respiratory system
Chapter 5 The respiratory system A medical chest specialist is long-winded about the short-winded. Kenneth T Bird (b. 1917) This chapter deals with common respiratory symptoms, and the examination of…
The skin, nails, and lumps
Chapter 15 The skin, nails, and lumps For one mistake made for not knowing, ten mistakes are made for not looking. JA Lindsay The dermatological history With any rash or…
