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Insomnia (ballet)
Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which people have trouble sleeping. They may have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep for as long as desired. Insomnia is typically followed by daytime sleepiness, low energy, irritability, and a depressed mood. It may result in an increased risk of motor vehicle collisions, as well as problems focusing and learning. Insomnia can be short term, lasting for days or weeks, or long term, lasting more than a month. The concept of the word insomnia has two possibilities: insomnia disorder and insomnia symptoms, and many abstracts of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews often underreport on which of these two possibilities the word insomnia refers to. Insomnia can occur independently or as a result of another problem. Conditions that can result in insomnia include psychological stress, chronic pain, heart failure, hyperthyroidism, heartburn, restless leg syndrome, menopause, certain medications, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacuinum Sanitatis
''Taqwīm aṣ‑Ṣiḥḥa'' ( ''Maintenance of Health'') is originally an 11th-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad. In the West, the work is known by the Latinized name taken by its translations: ''Tacuinum'' (sometimes ''Taccuinum'') ''Sanitatis.'' It is a medieval handbook mainly on health, aimed at a cultured lay audience. The text exists in several variant Latin versions, the manuscripts of which are characteristically so profusely illustrated that one student called the ''Tacuinum'' "a 00picture book", only "nominally a medical text". Numerous European versions were made in increasing numbers between the 14th and 15th centuries. History The British Library possesses in its Oriental Manuscripts collection a presentation copy of ''Taqwīm as‑Siḥḥa'' from 1213 copied in Arabic for al-Malik al-Ẓāhir, son of Saladin. The terse paragraphs of the treatise were freely translated into Latin in mid-13th century Palermo or Naples, which continued an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
