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ANCIENT CULTURES BATHS

Esthetic The most primitive baths of the ancient cultures were only dependencies of the gymnasiums and they had cold water, but at the end of the 5th century BC. they began to become complex independent facilities, located throughout the metropolis. The vestiges of ruins of this type that have been exclusively found bathrooms of the male members of government are those of the city Mohenjo-Daro in India whose date is before 2000 BC, in Crete, an island of the Greek archipelago built around from 1700-1400 BC and in the royal city in Egypt Tell el-Amarna, built around 1350 a.C. There were small versions of these same facilities for women. In Rome, Italy the Diocletian's Bath was conserved that at the moment became the Church of Santa Maria of the Angels, was the place where the water was brought of the distant sources by means of aqueducts. To heat the interior of all the rooms, a series of ducts with hot water were used, located under the...

THE PANCREAS AND THEIR DEFICIENCIES

NUTRITION In the spatial tract of digestion located between the stomach and the small intestine, we find another gland Endocrine of vital importance; The pancreas. Its function is to provide the enormous reserve of caloric energy that Body organs, both in the active and rest state, by providing two hormones The metabolism of carbohydrates or sugars, naturally derived from fruit saccharides. The deficiencies of the pancreas are not frequent. Acute pancreatitis is a serious disease that can be fatal If not treated immediately. Symptoms may be confused with those of a peritonitis or an obstruction intestinal because they are very painful. Endocrine secretion of the pancreas is the hormone insulin which is fundamental in the metabolism of carbohydrates in the body. THE DOCTORS AND NURSES HANDBOOK General Medical and Nursing Practice and Theory for Hospital Staff Paperback version, 7X10 Full 16 Font Tucked away behind the stomach, ...

ALDOSTERONISM AND YOUR DIET

NUTRITION The hormone aldosterone acts at the level of the kidney, causing the loss of potassium and the retension of sodium, when presents a hypersecretion disorder is called aldosteronism, and can be internal or external to the cortex adrenal. When there is an abnormal increase of the tissues in the woman, hyperplasia occurs, or alteration of the operation of the kidney and is called primary hyperaldosteronism, or suprrenal tumor or carcinoma excessive amount of this hormone. With the use of potassium, blood pressure rises, fatigue is felt, Thirst, muscle fatigue and increases urine excretion. With the combination of diuretic herbs along with foods like banana and pistachio this loss is prevented. When the hypertension states are accompanied by other symptoms external to the urinary tract such as accumulation of fluid in the tissues, congestive heart failure or liver cirrhosis is called secondary aldosteronism. We recommend volume 2 of the revol...