Ancient Theories of Pathology （Part II）

The Earliest Etiologic and Symptomatologic Monograph In 610 Chao Yuanfang and some other imperial court physicians summarized and compiled previous medical theories and practices into the General Treatise on the Causes and Symptoms of Diseases.This was the earliest extant medical monograph dealing with the etiology and symptomatology of disease. It divides diseases caused by external factors into four types:exogenous febrile diseases,seasonal epidemic diseases,heat-induced diseases,and epidemic febrile diseases.This classification system was in accord with clinical pathology of the time.     

“精准医疗计划”能改变什么?

真正的精准医疗是先掌握基因组信息,一旦出现疾病症状就可以针对性治疗,甚至预防疾病的发生。近期的医学网络热词,莫过于“精准医疗”了,因为给它做广告的是美国总统奥巴马,而在奥巴马身后,是现任NIH（美国国立卫生研究院）的主任Francis Collins和NCI（美国国家癌症研究所）的所长Harold E．Varmus两位大牛。