Library of Congress Classification:Class R -- Medicine (746 bytes)
1: ...em. This article outlines the subclasses of Class R.
3: :R -- [[Medicine]] (General)
4: :RA-- Public aspects of medicine
5: :RB-- [[Pathology]]
6: :RC-- [[Internal medicine]]

Medicine (30900 bytes)
1: ...at treat patients. This article is about medical practice.}}
3: ...ters dealt with by [[physician]]s and [[surgery|surgeons]].
5: ...ople formally trained to apply that knowledge to treat disease.
7: ...inder of this article focuses on modern (Western) medicine.
9: ==History of medicine==

Preventive medicine (323 bytes)
1: ...which work at the level of population health rather than individual health).
3: [[es:Medicina Preventiva]]

Nuclear medicine (6599 bytes)
1: ...rred to as radionuclide imaging or nuclear scintigraphy.
3: ... source radiotherapies is [[radioiodine]] administration.
5: ...lear medicine department and the radioisotope department.
8: ...on]] processes in [[nuclear reactor]]s or [[cyclotron]]s.
10: The most commonly used liquid radionuclides are:

Orthomolecular medicine (7633 bytes)
1: ... [[essential fatty acid]]s in the prevention and treatment of diseases.
2: ...s and treatment and drug treatment is used only for specific indications.
4: ...he term Orthomolecular Medicine in 1968 in the journal ‘Science’.
5: ... [[optimum nutrition]] to describe orthomolecular medicine.
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Sport medicine (6427 bytes)
1: ==History==
2: ...c contests first became a part of everyday life during these times.
3: ...ational Congress of Sports Medicine]], that the term itself was coined.
4: ...wever, the care of [[athlete]]s was primarily the responsibility of specialists.
5: ...cal therapy]], and [[hygiene]] as well as on sport-specific techniques.

Patent medicine (18656 bytes)
1: ...snake oil salesman'' a lasting synonym for a [[charlatan]].
3: == Patent medicines and advertising ==
5: ... by the standards upheld during the era of patent medicine.
7: ...ents laid great emphasis on the brand-names, and urged the public to accept no substitutes.
9: ...concoctions were the ancestors of the several nostrums.

Two Medicine River (697 bytes)
1: ... approximately 60 mi (97 km) long, in northwestern [[Montana]] in the [[United States]].
3: ...d joins [[Cut Bank Creek]] to form the Marias, approximately 12 mi (19 km) southeast of [[Cut Bank, M...
6: *[[List of Montana rivers]]
8: {{US-geo-stub}}
10: [[Category:Montana rivers]]

Ligature (medicine) (209 bytes)
1: ...ied around a limb, blood vessel or similar to restrict blood flow.
4: * [[Suture]]
8: {{med-stub}}

Conservation medicine (6487 bytes)
1: ...gical medicine''', '''environmental medicine''', or '''medical geology'''.
3: ...sts]], [[climate]] biologists, [[anthropology|anthropologists]], [[economics|economists]], and [[poli...
5: ...[West Nile virus]], [[Nipah virus]], and other emerging [[infectious disease]]s.
7: ...eparated spheres, necessarily work closely together.
11: ...of environmental and health issues that we are currently used to.

Transmission (medicine) (7093 bytes)
1: ...ransmitted from one person to another by one or more of the following means:
2: ...oplet contact - coughing or sneezing on another person
3: ... direct physical contact - touching an infected person
4: ...ct contact - usually by touching a contaminated surface
5: ...he microorganism can remain in the air for long periods

Saline (medicine) (840 bytes)
1: ...saline''' is a solution of sodium chloride in water.
3: ...annot take fluids orally or have developed [[dehydration]].
5: ...l saline but contributes less [[sodium]] to the circulation.
7: ...ailure]]) but is typically between 1.5 and 3 [[litre]]s a day.
9: {{med-stub}}

Rigor (medicine) (620 bytes)
1: ...sponse]] increase the set point for body temperature in the [[hypothalamus]].
3: ...a physiological attempt to increase body temperature to the new set point.
6: * [[rigor mortis]]
8: [[Category:Symptom]]

Medicine bundle (933 bytes)
1: ... used by [[Native American]]s for [[religious]] purposes.
3: ... posesses [[spiritual]] value to the bundle's owner.
5: ...dle can be passed down generationally as an [[inheritance]].
7: ...ns. The size of a medicine bundle usually varies from 2 to 14 inches in length.
9: ... [[ground]]. This is why they are to be securely wrapped.

Cough medicine (3114 bytes)
1: A '''cough medicine''' or '''antitussive''' is a [[medication]] given to pe...
3: ...ressants (antitussives) that suppress the body's urge to cough.
5: ...help the body expel mucus from the [[respiratory tract]].
7: ==Cough suppressants==
8: ... (on the respiratory tract) to suppress the cough reflex.

Natural medicine (682 bytes)
1: ... medicine but sourced from [[plant]]s instead of produced synthetically.
2: ...al medicine is often wrongly called [[traditional medicine]]
5: [[es:medicina natural]]
7: {{med-stub}}

Sexual medicine (1992 bytes)
1: ...gnosing, assessing and treating all aspects which relate to [[sexuality]].
3: Issues can be divided into two main areas of concern:
5: *disorders of the sexual organs
6: *disorders of the [[psyche]] affecting sexuality
9: == Disorders of the sexual organs ==

Medieval medicine (14846 bytes)
1: ...y, sin, and astral influences played as great a part as any physical cause.
3: ...with spiritual beliefs as part of the practice of medicine.
7: ... basis of authority rather than experimental confirmation.
9: ...d to be explained through Christianity and only Christianity.
11: ...ractice of penance and pilgrimage as a means of curing illness.

Polyp (medicine) (1817 bytes)
1: ...mooth. The polyp was removed by snare cautery. Source: CDC]]
2: ...d [[large intestine]]. They may also occur elsewhere in the body.
4: ... the most preventable and treatable types of cancer.
9: * hamartomatous
10: * hyperplastic

Traditional medicine (2060 bytes)
1: The term '''''traditional medicine''''' is used with two main meanings.
3: ...ave been adopted to varying degrees in mainstream medicine.
5: ...the past two centuries (see also ''[[anti-psychiatry]]'').

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