MEDICINA
\mˈɛdɪsˌɪnə], \mˈɛdɪsˌɪnə], \m_ˈɛ_d_ɪ_s_ˌɪ_n_ə]\
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A science, the object of which is the cure of disease and the preservation of health. Occasionally, it is used to comprehend all the branches of healing art; at others to compromise one great division, in contradistinction to surgery and obstetrics. Medicine, in this sense, includes many branches: - the chief of which are, Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Therapeutics, Hygiene, Materia Medica, and Pharmacy.
By Robley Dunglison
