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The word pharmakon, whence pharmacy is derived, meant in Greek not only medicament, poison, or magical procedure, but also that which is slain to expiate the crimes of a city, like the scapegoat of Biblical times.... In other words, it meant "what carries off disease."

Paul Ghalioungui

Paul Ghalioungui

Paul Ghalioungui

Born: 1908

Died: 1987 (aged 79)

Bio: Paul Ghalioungui or Ghalioungi , MD, MRCP, Professor of Medicine and former Chairman of Internal Medicine department, Ain Shams University Faculty of Medicine.

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