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 +[[Image:The Bitter Potion.jpg|200px|thumb|left|''[[The Bitter Potion]]'' (c. 1635) by [[Adriaen Brouwer]]]]
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 +"I felt a little [[ill]] and called Dr. Symmachus.<br>
 +Well, you came, Symmachus, but you brought 100 [[medicine|medical student]]s with you.<br>
 +One hundred ice-cold hands poked and jabbed me.<br>
 +I didn't have a [[fever]], Symmachus, when I called you –but now I do. <br>
 +--[[The Epigrams|''Book V, No. 9'' of ''The Epigrams'']], Martial
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[[Image:Demonstration of the mechanics of facial expression. Duchenne and an assistant faradize the mimetic muscles of The Old Man.jpg |thumb|right|200px|[[Old Toothless Man]] [[Image:Demonstration of the mechanics of facial expression. Duchenne and an assistant faradize the mimetic muscles of The Old Man.jpg |thumb|right|200px|[[Old Toothless Man]]
<br>The image depicts the mechanics of [[facial expression]] while [[Duchenne]] and an assistant [[faradize]] the [[mimetic muscles]] of "The Old Man"]] <br>The image depicts the mechanics of [[facial expression]] while [[Duchenne]] and an assistant [[faradize]] the [[mimetic muscles]] of "The Old Man"]]
-[[Image:The Bitter Potion.jpg|200px|thumb|left|''[[The Bitter Potion]]'' (c. 1635) by [[Adriaen Brouwer]]]] 
[[Image:Artery system from L'Encyclopédie.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|[[Les troncs de la veine cave avec leurs branches disséquées dans un corps adulte, &c. d'après les Transactions Philosophiques|Artery system from ''L'Encyclopédie'']]]] [[Image:Artery system from L'Encyclopédie.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|[[Les troncs de la veine cave avec leurs branches disséquées dans un corps adulte, &c. d'après les Transactions Philosophiques|Artery system from ''L'Encyclopédie'']]]]
[[Image:Painting showing opisthotonos in a patient suffering from tetanus by Sir Charles Bell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Painting showing [[spasm]]s in a patient suffering from tetanus by Sir [[Charles Bell]] ([[1809]]).]] [[Image:Painting showing opisthotonos in a patient suffering from tetanus by Sir Charles Bell.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Painting showing [[spasm]]s in a patient suffering from tetanus by Sir [[Charles Bell]] ([[1809]]).]]

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"I felt a little ill and called Dr. Symmachus.
Well, you came, Symmachus, but you brought 100 medical students with you.
One hundred ice-cold hands poked and jabbed me.
I didn't have a fever, Symmachus, when I called you –but now I do.
--Book V, No. 9 of The Epigrams, Martial

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Medicine is the applied science or practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness in human beings.

The word medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing.

History

The ancient Egyptians had a system of medicine that was very advanced for its time and influenced later medical traditions. The Egyptians and Babylonians both introduced the concepts of diagnosis, prognosis, and medical examination. The Greeks went even further, and advanced as well medical ethics. The Hippocratic Oath, still taken by doctors today, was written in Greece in the 5th century BCE. In the medieval era, surgical practices inherited from the ancient masters were improved and then systematized in Rogerius's The Practice of Surgery. Universities began systematic training of physicians around the years 1220 in Italy. During the Renaissance, understanding of anatomy improved, and the microscope was invented. The germ theory of disease in the 19th century led to cures for many infectious diseases. Military doctors advanced the methods of trauma treatment and surgery. Public health measures were developed especially in the 19th century as the rapid growth of cities required systematic sanitary measures. Advanced research centers opened in the early 20th century, often connected with major hospitals. The mid-20th century was characterized by new biological treatments, such as antibiotics. These advancements, along with developments in chemistry, genetics, and lab technology (such as the x-ray) led to modern medicine. Medicine was heavily professionalized in the 20th century, and new careers opened to women as nurses (from the 1870s) and as physicians (especially after 1970). The 21st century is characterized by very advanced research involving numerous fields of science.


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