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• medicine — 1. A drug. 2. The art of preventing or curing disease; the science concerned with disease in all its relations. 3. The study and treatment of general diseases or those affecting the internal parts of the body, especially those not usually… …   Medical dictionary

• medicine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. medicament, medication, remedy; therapy, physic; medical profession. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The healing profession] Syn. medical men, healers, practitioners, doctors, physicians, surgeons, osteopaths …   English dictionary for students

• Faith healing — Faith healer redirects here. For the play by Brian Friel, see Faith Healer. Faith healing is healing through spiritual means. The healing of a person is brought about by religious faith through prayer and/or rituals that, according to adherents,… …   Wikipedia

• Patent medicine — E.W. Kemble s Death s Laboratory in Collier s in 1906 Patent medicine refers to medical compounds of questionable effectiveness sold under a variety of names and labels. The term patent medicine is somewhat of a misnomer because, in most cases,… …   Wikipedia

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• Quackery — Quack redirects here. For other uses, see Quack (disambiguation). WPA poster, 1936 38 Quackery is a derogatory term used to describe the promotion[1] of unproven or fraudulent medica …   Wikipedia

• History of chiropractic — D.D. Palmer The history of Chiropractic began in 1895 when Daniel David Palmer of Iowa performed the first chiropractic adjustment on a partially deaf janitor, Harvey Lillard, who then mentioned a few days later to Palmer that his hearing seemed… …   Wikipedia

• Chiropractic history — began in 1895, started by D.D. Palmer in Iowa, who started a chiropractic school in 1896. The first chiropractic adjustment was on a partially deaf janitor, Harvey Lillard, who mentioned a few days later to Palmer that his hearing seemed better.… …   Wikipedia

• Quackwatch — logo Formation 1969 (website in 1996) Type Non profit organization Location USA Official langu …   Wikipedia

• List of pseudosciences and pseudoscientific concepts — This is a list of fields of endeavor and concepts regarded as pseudoscientific by organizations within the international scientific community or by notable skeptical organizations. The existence of such expressed opinions suffices for inclusion… …   Wikipedia

• Psychotherapy — • That branch of therapeutics which uses the mind to influence the body Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Psychotherapy     Psychotherapy      …   Catholic encyclopedia