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Acupuncture
Involves the insertion of needles at various points in the body to treat disease or relieve pain.
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Anesthesia
Without sensation, with or without loss of consciousness.
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Apothecaries
One who dispenses drugs and medicines.
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Apprenticeship
A training or learning period; study under the guidance of a skilled, experienced worker.
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Asepsis
A condition free of organisms
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Caduceus
The wand of Hermes or Mercury; used as a symbol of the medical profession.
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Cautery
An iron or caustic used to burn tissue.
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Disease
Sickness, illness, ailment.
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Epidemics
Affecting many persons at one time.
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Exorcism
The act of expelling an evil spirit.
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Guilds
Associations of persons engaged in the same trade or calling for mutual protection.
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Hippocratic Oath
Refers to the oath taken by a doctor bonding him to observe the code of medical ethics contained in the oath by Hippocrates in the 4th century.
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Infectious
Capable of producing infection; denoting a disease in the body caused by the presence of germs; tending to spread to others.
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Pandemic
Epidemic over a large region; epidemic in many regions.
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Physicians
A medical doctor; one skilled in the practice of medicine.
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Plague
A deadly epidemic or pestilence.
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Practitioners
One who practices the profession of medicine.
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Roentgen
Refers to X-rays.
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Scientific
Based upon or using the principles and methods of science; systematic; exact.
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Surgeons
A physician with advanced training in operative procedures.
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Surgery
The branch of medicine dealing with manual and operative procedures for correction of deformities and defects and repair of injuries.
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Trephining
Cutting out a circular section.
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Vaccination
Inoculation with modified harmless viruses or other microorganisms to produce immunity, a preventive against disease.
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