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Sub sections deletion or split

The regional histories of medicine would best be served in their own articles (and some already have their own); they don't need to be on the main History of Medicine page as well. I wouldn't object to a very broad overview of a short of "global" history of medicine (as an introduction), but my concern is that duplicating the information on each region unnecessarily bloats this page while under-serving each of these topics in their own right. I fully intend to write a "general overview" sort of thing for this page, but I wanted to ask the opinion of others before removing large amounts of information. (Particularly if those pages have caretakers more familiar with their subjects than I!) Laldowaldo (talk) 21:59, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sounds entirely reasonable to me (though I haven't contributed to this page, so far!) Kitb (talk) 23:24, 12 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I do object to "removing large amounts of information" and a "broad overview", neither of which are necessary at this point. Khirurg (talk) 16:31, 15 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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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.

(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)[reply]

Opening image collage

I 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 I'm not saying that's the best image to necessarily use, but it's been replaced by a collage of 9 (!)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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Criticism on early medicinal practices

Medicinal 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)[reply]

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)[reply]

Agreed Myuoh kaka roi (talk) 23:52, 25 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Article length

We'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)[reply]