MEDICINE

n. Me2d'i2-s'n. Gr., iarpeia (1st def.), Qdpnaicov (2d def.). Lat., medic in a (1st def.), medicamentnm (2d def.). Fr., medecine (1st def.), medicament (2d def.). Ger., Mcdicin (1st def.), Arznei (2d def.). 1. The science and art of preserving the health of the animal organism, of a isting it to recovery when injured or diseased, of promoting the comfort and prolonging the life of the sick and injured, and of superintending and aiding in the proce of parturition; in a restricted sense, the same science and art exclusive of surgery. 2. Any substance used as a remedy or palliative in disease. Anatomical m. A system or school which busies itself with the investigations of anatomical changes in the diseased organs and their relation with the symptoms exhibited during life. [D, 3.] Atomistic in. Of Burggraeve, dosimetry. [a, 34.] Botanic m. A system of therapeutics in which only herbs or herbal preparations are administered, [a, 34.] Clinical m. Fr., medecine clinique. The observation and treatment of disease at the bedside, [a, 34.] Cutaneous in. That department of m. that relates to the prevention and cure of cutaneous diseases. [G.] Domestic m. Ger., Volks medic in. The use of domestic remedies (see under DOMESTIC), [o, 17.] Dosimetric m. See DOSIMETRY. Dynamic m. Fr., medecine dynamique. A theory and practice of m. founded on dynamism, [a, 34.] Eclectic m. Lat., medic in a eclectic a. M. as practiced by an eclectic (q. v.). [a, 17.] Equine m. Lat., medic in a equaria. Veterinary m. (in its applications to the horse). Experimental m. Fr., medecine experiment ale. The observation of the pathological changes in experimentally induced diseases and of the physiological action of drugs in experiments made on animals, [a, 34.] Folk-m. See Domestic m. Forensic m. Lat., medic in a for ens is (seu judicaria). See Medical JURISPRUDENCE. Hermetic m. Lat.. medic in a hermetic a. See CHEMISTRY. King Alexander's dry m. for the eyes. See Alexandri reg is COLLYRIUM siccum. Legal m. See Medical JURISPRUDENCE. Mental m. Fr., medecine mentale. See PSYCHIATRY. Methodic m. Lat., medic in a metkodica. See METHODISM. Neuro-dynamic m. Chapman's system of treating certain disease by the application of heat or cold over the spinal nerve-centres. [Kinnear, " Bost. M. and S. J.," Aug. 10, 1882, p. 128.] Operative m. Lat., medic in a operativa (seu operator i a). Fr., medecine opera to ire. Operative surgery. Patent m. A m. of which the composition and preparation are registered in the Patent Office, and for which the Government i ues an exclusive patent to manufacture, [a, 34.] Physiological m. A system or school of m. which investigates the relations of phenomena in the sick by comparing them with similar proce es in the healthy body, as revealed by the study of physiology. [D, 3.] Pneumatic m. The medical use of compre ed or rarefied air. Proprietary m. A m. the manufacture and sale of which are the exclusive right of one or more persons. [B.] State m. See Medical JURISPRUDENCE. Universal m. Fr., medecine universelle. A secret of the Rose crucians by means of which they profe ed to cure all diseases. [K. Sprengel (a, 34).] Veterinary m. Lat., medic in a veterinaria. Fr., medecine veterinaire. The theory and treatment of the diseases of domestic animals, [a, 34.] [s. 725]