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of disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, distinguished from surgery, clinical m., the study and practice of medicine in relation to the actual patient the art of medicine as distinguished from laboratory science, domes'tic m., the treatment of minor aliments at home without the direction of a physician, foren's ic m., medical jurisprudence.* le'gal m., medical jurisprudence.* pat'ent m., a remedy, often a quack remedy, the name and mode of manufacture of which are patented. preven'tive m., the branch of medical science which treats of the prevention of disease, quack m.. El of a certain disease or diseases, propri'etary m., a medicinal compound the formula and mode of manufacture of which are the property of the maker. State m., public m., that branch of medical science which deals with statistics, hygiene, the prevention and overcoming of epidemics, etc.