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Pacific College of Oriental Medicine – The Goals of Pacific College of Oriental Medicine

1. To train qualified practitioners of Oriental medicine. Currently the college effects this goal through the following Master’s level programs: * Master of Science (Traditional Oriental Medicine) in San Diego and New York, Master of Science (Acupuncture) in New York, and Master of Traditional Oriental Medicine in Chicago. * Pacific College’s San Diego campus also [...]

Regenerative Medicine Partnership in Education – Collaboration

The Partnership in Education has collaborated with: Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences McAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts Entertainment Technology Center Carnegie Science Center Carnegie Museum of Natural History National Aviary Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Carnegie Library [...]

Ludwig Reichenbach – Introduction

Heinrich Gottlieb Ludwig Reichenbach (January 8, 1793 – March 17, 1879) was a German botanist and ornithologist. He was the son of Johann Friedrich Jakob Reichenbach, the author in 1818 of the first Greek-German dictionary. He was the father of Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach, equally a botanist and an eminent orchid specialist. Reichenbach was born in [...]

Chaga mushroom – Medicinal use

Since the 16th century, there are records of chaga mushroom being used in folk medicine and the botanical medicine of the Eastern European countries as a remedy for cancer, gastritis, ulcers, and tuberculosis of the bones. In 1958, scientific studies in Finland and Russia found Chaga provided an epochal effect in breast cancer, liver cancer, [...]

Hanover – Education

The Leibniz University Hannover is the largest funded institution in Hanover for providing higher education to the students from around the world. Below are the names of the universities and some of the important schools including newly opened Hannover Medical Research School in 2003 for attracting the students from biology background from around the world. [...]

Josif Pančić – Biography

He was born Josip Pančić in Ugrini, near Crikvenica, Croatia (then Habsburg Monarchy) to a Roman Catholic family, the fourth son of Pavel Pančić. After finishing elementary school in Gospić, he went on to the lyceum in Rijeka and graduated in 1842 in Budapest in medicine. In addition to other courses, Pančić attended botany courses, [...]

José Quer y Martínez – Biography

Quer studied medicine and surgery in his hometown of Perpignan, where he was born in 1695, with particular emphasis on botany. He later joined the army, where. as a military surgeon, he traveled extensively in Spain, France, Italy and northern Africa (where he took part in the operation to capture Oran), prepared herbarium specimens, and [...]

Chelsea Physic Garden – Introduction

Chelsea Physic Garden was established as the Apothecaries’ Garden in London, England in 1673. (The word ‘Physic’ here refers to the science of healing.) It is the second oldest botanical garden in Britain, after the University of Oxford Botanic Garden, which was founded in 1621. Its rock garden is the oldest English garden devoted to [...]

Naturopathic medical school in North America – Curriculum

It takes four years to complete a ND or NMD degree program, although some colleges also offer a less intensive five-year track to complete the same coursework and clinical study. Accredited naturopathic schools require minimum of 4,100 total hours of study. Preclinical study generally comprises the first two years and consists of classroom and laboratory [...]

Philibert Commerçon – Background

Commerçon was born at Châtillon les Dombes in France. He studied medicine and botany at Montpellier, and for a time was a practicing physician. At the request of Carolus Linnaeus, Commerçon collected and categorized fish of the Mediterranean on behalf of the museum in Stockholm. Commerçon returned to live at Châtillon les Dombes in 1756 [...]

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