Female Organism and Nutrition

Healthy nutrition is the basic requirement for physical and mental well-being, as well as for the performance of our organism. Most people are aware of this. Nevertheless, the reality often looks different: Today’s lifestyle has not only given us a diverse range of foods and beverages, but also flawed eating habits. In addition, the media, … Female Organism and Nutrition

Trauma Medicine (Traumatology)

Even if the term sounds like it – traumatology has nothing to do with sweet dreams, but with painful reality. Its German counterpart, Unfallheilkunde, tends to evoke the right associations. Trauma in Greek means “wound, injury”. On the one hand, the term means any impact that damages the organism (“traumatizes”), e.g., an accident or a … Trauma Medicine (Traumatology)

Trauma Medicine (Traumatology): History

Surgical interventions are already known from prehistoric and early times: There, not only wounds were treated, but also skulls were opened by scraping or drilling, fractures were treated, or obstetric techniques were practiced. The oldest document in which trauma surgery procedures are described (Papyrus Edwin Smith) comes from Egypt and is estimated to have been … Trauma Medicine (Traumatology): History