Celsus (ca. 25 BC - 50 AD) translated karkinos into cancer, the Latin word for crab or crayfish. In the 2nd century AD, the Greek physician Galen used oncos (Greek for swelling) ... The first cause of cancer was identified by British surgeon Percivall Pott, who discovered in 1775 that cancer of the scrotum was a common disease among chimney ...

The history of Vietnam can be traced back to around 20,000 years ago, as the first modern humans arrived and settled on this land, known as the Hoabinhians, which can be traced to modern-day Negritos.Archaeological findings from 1965, which are still under research, show the remains of two hominins closely related to the Sinanthropus, dating as far back as the Middle …

Ad maiorem Dei gloriam, también conocida por su abreviatura A. M. D. G., es la divisa de la Compañía de Jesús, una orden religiosa católica.. En latín significa literalmente: «Para la mayor gloria de Dios» y se le atribuye al fundador de la orden, san Ignacio de Loyola, por el uso que hizo de dicha expresión en su escritos.Algunos creen encontrar un antecedente en la expresión in ...