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| '''Medicine''' is the [[art]] and [[science]] of healing. It encompasses a range of [[health]] care [[practice]]s evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. | | '''Medicine''' is the [[art]] and [[science]] of healing. It encompasses a range of [[health]] care [[practice]]s evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness. |
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− | Contemporary medicine applies health science, [[Biology|biomedical]] [[research]], and medical [[technology]] to diagnose and treat injury and disease, typically through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medication medication], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgery surgery], or some other form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapy therapy]. The [[word]] medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing.[1][2] | + | Contemporary medicine applies health science, [[Biology|biomedical]] [[research]], and medical [[technology]] to diagnose and treat injury and disease, typically through [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medication medication], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgery surgery], or some other form of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapy therapy]. The [[word]] medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing.[1][2] |
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− | Though medical [[technology]] and clinical expertise are pivotal to contemporary medicine, successful face-to-face relief of actual [[suffering]] continues to require the application of ordinary human [[feeling]] and [[compassion]], known in [[English]] as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedside_manner bedside manner].[3] | + | Though medical [[technology]] and clinical expertise are pivotal to contemporary medicine, successful face-to-face relief of actual [[suffering]] continues to require the application of ordinary human [[feeling]] and [[compassion]], known in [[English]] as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedside_manner bedside manner].[3] |
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− | The Rod of [[Asclepius]] is the symbol associated with medicine, which comes from the Greek God of medicine and [[healing]], Asclepius. The Caduceus is sometimes wrongly used for this [[purpose]], though this practice is mainly seen in North America.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine] | + | The Rod of [[Asclepius]] is the symbol associated with medicine, which comes from the Greek God of medicine and [[healing]], Asclepius. The Caduceus is sometimes wrongly used for this [[purpose]], though this practice is mainly seen in North America.[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicine] |
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| + | <center>For lessons on the related [[topic]] of '''''[[Healing]]''''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Healing '''''this link'''''].</center> |
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| [[Category: Health]] | | [[Category: Health]] |
| [[Category: Biology]] | | [[Category: Biology]] |