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abdominal cavity abdominal muscle ABO blood-group system Abraham, Karl abscess acclimatization acne acromegaly acupressure acupuncture Addison disease adenoids adipose tissue adrenal gland Adrian, Edgar Douglas aerobics aerospace medicine aflatoxin agenesis aging

Agramonte (y Simoni), Aristides AIDS Albinus, Bernard Siegfried Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) alcoholism alimentary canal Allbutt, Sir Thomas Clifford allergy alternative medicine altitude sickness Alzheimer disease amenorrhea American Medical Association (AMA) amniocentesis amputation amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) anal canal anaphylaxis anatomy Anderson, Elizabeth Garrett

androgen anemia anesthesiology aneurysm angina pectoris angiocardiography angiography angioplasty anorexia nervosa antibody anticoagulant antidepressant antidote antigen antitoxin aorta aorta, coarctation of the Apgar Score System aphasia aphrodisiac

aplastic anemia apoptosis appendix apraxia arm aromatherapy arrhythmia arsenic poisoning arteritis artery arthritis artificial heart artificial insemination artificial respiration asbestosis asphyxia asthma astigmatism ataxia atelectasis

atherosclerosis athlete's foot atresia and stenosis atrial fibrillation atrophy auscultation autoimmune disease autonomic nervous system autopsy Békésy, Georg von bacteremia bacterial diseases Baker, Sara Josephine baldness Banting, Sir Frederick Grant Barnard, Christiaan (Neethling) battered woman syndrome battlefield medicine Bayliss, Sir William Maddock Beaumont, William

Bekhterev, Vladimir (Mikhaylovich) beriberi Bernard, Claude Bert, Paul Best, Charles H(erbert) Bichat, (Marie-François-) Xavier bile Billings, John Shaw Billroth, (Christian Albert) Theodor biological rhythm biopsy bird flu birth defect birthmark Bishop, J(ohn) Michael Black, Sir James (Whyte) Blackwell, Elizabeth bladder cancer Blalock, Alfred Bleuler, Eugen

blindness blister Blobel, Günter blood blood analysis blood bank blood pressure blood transfusion blood typing Blumberg, Baruch S(amuel) Boerhaave, Hermann boil bone bone marrow Bordet, Jules (-Jean-Baptiste–Vincent) botulism Bouillaud, Jean-Baptiste Bowman, Sir William brain brain death

breast cancer Bright disease Broca, Paul bronchiectasis bronchitis Brown, John brucellosis bruise bulimia nervosa Burkitt, Denis P(arsons) burn bursitis calcium deficiency Calmette, Albert (Léon Charles) Campylobacter cancer Cannon, Walter B(radford) capillary carcinogen cardiology

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) cardiovascular system caries Carlsson, Arvid carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) Carrel, Alexis cartilage castration cataract catheterization celiac disease Celsus, Aulus Cornelius Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cerebellum cerebral cortex cerebral palsy cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cerebrum cervical spondylosis cervicitis

cesarean section Chamberlen, Hugh chancre Charcot, Jean-Martin chemoreception chemotherapy Cheselden, William chewing Cheyne, Sir William Watson chickenpox child development child psychiatry Chinese medicine, traditional chiropractic cholera chorea chromosomal disorder chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease chyme

circulation cirrhosis cleft palate coagulation Cohn, Edwin Joseph Cohnheim, Julius Friedrich cold, common Colebrook, Leonard colic Colombo, Matteo Realdo colon colorectal cancer colostomy colour blindness Colton, Gardner (Quincy) coma complement computerized axial tomography (CAT) concussion congenital disorder

congenital heart disease congestive heart failure conjoined twins conjunctivitis connective tissue Constantine the African contact lens contraception contrast medium coronary bypass coronary heart disease Corrigan, Sir Dominic John Cournand, André F(rédéric) cramp craniosynostosis Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease croup crush injury Cruveilhier, Jean Cullen, William

Cushing syndrome Cushing, Harvey Williams cyst cystic fibrosis (CF) cystitis cytomegalovirus (CMV) dandruff Daubenton, Louis-Jean-Marie deafness DeBakey, Michael (Ellis) decompression sickness defecation dehydration Delano, Jane A(rminda) delirium delirium tremens (DTs) dementia dengue dentistry dermatitis

dermatology desensitization detached retina development, biological diabetes insipidus diabetes mellitus diagnosis diagnostic imaging dialysis diaphragm diarrhea diathermy dieting digestion diphtheria dislocation diverticulum Doherty, Peter Charles Donders, Frans Cornelis double vision

Down syndrome Drew, Charles Richard drug addiction drug poisoning drug resistance ductus arteriosus duodenum Dupuytren, Guillaume dwarfism dysentery dyslexia dysmenorrhea dysplasia E. coli ear eating disorders ectopic pregnancy Edelman, Gerald Maurice edema Egas Moniz, António Caetano de Abreu Freire

egg Ehrlich, Paul Eijkman, Christiaan electric shock electrocardiography electrocution electroencephalography electromyography Elephant Man Elion, Gertrude (Belle) Ellis, (Henry) Havelock embolism embryo emphysema encephalitis endocarditis endocrinology endometriosis endoscopy enuresis

epidemiology epilepsy erythema erythroblastosis fetalis erythrocyte esophagus euthanasia excretion exercise eye eyeglasses Fabricius (ab Aquapendente), Hieronymus face Fallopius, Gabriel family practice feces female genital cutting fertility fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) fetus

fever Fibiger, Johannes Andreas Grib fibromyalgia Finlay, Carlos J(uan) fish poisoning flatfoot Flexner, Abraham fluoridation of water folic-acid-deficiency anemia fontanel food poisoning foot forensic medicine Forssmann, Werner Fracastoro, Girolamo fracture Freud, Anna frostbite fungal diseases Furchgott, Robert F(rancis)

Gajdusek, D(aniel) Carleton Galen Gall, Franz Joseph gallbladder gallstone ganglion gangrene gastrectomy gastritis gastroenteritis gastroenterology gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) Gegenbaur, Karl germ theory gerontology and geriatrics gigantism gland glaucoma glycogen storage disease goitre

Golgi, Camillo gonorrhea Gorgas, William (Crawford) gout Gräfe, Albrecht Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst von Granit, Ragnar Arthur Graves disease Graves, Robert James Greengard, Paul Grenfell, Sir Wilfred (Thomason) Gross, Samuel David Guillemin, Roger C(harles) L(ouis) Gulf War syndrome Gull, Sir William Withey Gullstrand, Allvar gum gynecomastia Hahnemann, (Christian Friedrich) Samuel hair Haldane, John Scott

Halsted, William S(tewart) hand hantavirus Hartline, Haldan Keffer Hartwell, Leland H. Harvey, William hay fever headache health health law health maintenance organization (HMO) hearing aid heart heart attack heart disease heart failure heart transplant heat exhaustion heatstroke Heimlich maneuver

Helmont, Jan Baptista van hemangioma hematology hematuria hemoglobinopathy hemophilia hemorrhage hemorrhagic fever hemorrhoid Henle, Friedrich Gustav Jacob hepatitis herbal hermaphroditism hernia Herophilus herpes simplex Herrick, James Bryan hibernation hiccup Hippocrates

His, Wilhelm Hitchings, George Herbert HIV hives Hodgkin disease hog cholera holistic medicine homeopathy homeostasis hospice hospital Hubel, David (Hunter) Huggins, Charles B(renton) human endocrine system Hunt, R. Timothy Hunter, John Hunter, William Huntington chorea hydrocephalus hydrotherapy

hyperbaric chamber hypertension hypoglycemia hypophosphatemia hypotension hypothalamus hypothermia hypoxia hysterectomy Ignarro, Louis J(oseph) ileitis ileum immune system immunity immunodeficiency immunology immunosuppression impetigo impotence in vitro fertilization (IVF)

incontinence industrial medicine infection infertility inflammation influenza influenza pandemic of 1918–19 inner ear integument intensive care unit internal medicine intestinal gas intestinal obstruction iodine deficiency iron-deficiency anemia irritable bowel syndrome itching Jackson, Charles Thomas Jackson, John Hughlings jaundice

jaw Jellinek, Elvin M(orton) Jenner, Edward jet lag jogging joint Kandel, Eric Kaposi sarcoma Keen, William (Williams) keratitis Kevorkian, Jack kidney kidney failure kidney stone kidney transplant kinesiology Klinefelter syndrome Koch, (Heinrich Hermann) Robert Kocher, Emil Theodor Korsakoff syndrome

kwashiorkor lactation Ladd-Franklin, Christine Laing, R(onald) D(avid) Lancisi, Giovanni Maria Langerhans, islets of laparoscopy large intestine laryngeal cancer laryngitis larynx laxative lead poisoning leg Legionnaire disease leishmaniasis leprosy leukemia leukocyte life span

ligament Linacre, Thomas Lind, James lipid storage disease Lister, Joseph liver living will lobotomy Ludwig, Carl F(riedrich) W(ilhelm) lung lung cancer lung congestion lupus erythematosus Lyme disease lymph lymph node lymphatic system lymphocyte lymphoid tissue lymphoma

Müller, Johannes Peter Mackenzie, Sir James macular degeneration mad cow disease malaria malnutrition Malpighi, Marcello mammary gland Marfan syndrome mass flow massage mastectomy Masters, William H(owell); and Johnson, Virginia E(shelman) mastitis mastoiditis Mayo family measles mechanoreception Meckel, Johann Friedrich Medawar, Sir Peter B(rian)

Medicare and Medicaid medicine melanoma meninges meningitis menopause menstruation mental hygiene mercury poisoning Meyer, Adolf Meyerhof, Otto microsurgery midwifery migraine miliaria Milstein, César Minkowski, Oskar Minot, George (Richards) miscarriage mitochondrion

mole Mondino de' Luzzi monkeypox mononucleosis, infectious Monro family Morgan, John motion sickness mouth Moynihan, Berkeley George Andrew multiple birth multiple myeloma multiple sclerosis mumps Murad, Ferid Murray, George Redmayne muscle muscle tumour muscular dystrophy mushroom poisoning myasthenia gravis

mycotoxin myositis myotonia myxedema nail narcolepsy National Health Service (NHS) National Institutes of Health (NIH) natural childbirth nausea nephritis nephrology nephron nervous system neural tube defect neuralgia neuritis neurology neuron neuropathy

neuroplasticity neurotransmitter Nightingale, Florence nitrogen narcosis norepinephrine nose NSAIDs nuclear medicine Nurse, Sir Paul M. nursing nursing home nutrition obesity obstetrics and gynecology occupational disease occupational therapy open-heart surgery ophthalmology Opie, Eugene Lindsay optometry

orchitis orthopedics Osler, Sir William osteoarthritis osteogenesis imperfecta osteopathy osteoporosis ostomy otitis otolaryngology ovarian cancer ovary pacemaker Paget disease of bone Paget, Sir James palate pancreas pancreatic cancer pancreatitis Pap smear

Paré, Ambroise Paracelsus paralysis parathyroid gland parkinsonism parturition Pasteur, Louis patch test pathology Pavlov, Ivan (Petrovich) pediatrics pellagra pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) penis peptic ulcer periodontitis periosteum peristalsis peritonitis pernicious anemia

perspiration phantom limb syndrome pharmacology pharmacy pharyngitis pharynx phenylketonuria (PKU) phlebitis photoreception phrenology physical education physical medicine and rehabilitation pineal gland Pirquet, Clemens, baron von pituitary gland placenta plague plasma plastic surgery platelet

pneumoconiosis pneumonia pneumothorax podiatry poliomyelitis polyp preeclampsia and eclampsia pregnancy premature birth premenstrual syndrome (PMS) preventive medicine Pringle, Sir John proctoscope progeria prolapse proprioception prostate cancer prostate gland prostatic disorder prosthesis

prothrombin protozoal diseases Prozac Prusiner, Stanley (Ben) psoriasis psychiatry public health puerperal fever pulmonary alveolus pulmonary heart disease pulse Purkinje, Jan Evangelista purpura pyelonephritis quarantine Razi, al- rabies radiation injury radiation therapy radiology

Rathke, Martin H(einrich) rectum Reed, Walter relapsing fever Remak, Robert renal cell carcinoma renal cyst reproductive system, human respiration respiratory distress syndrome respiratory system respiratory therapy reticuloendothelial system retina Reye syndrome Rh blood-group system rheumatic fever rheumatoid arthritis Richter, Curt Paul rickets

Ricketts, Howard T(aylor) rinderpest ringworm Ritalin river blindness Rocky Mountain spotted fever Rokitansky, Karl, baron von Ross, Sir Ronald rubella Rush, Benjamin Sabin, Albert B(ruce) Sackler, Arthur M(itchell) saliva salivary gland Salk, Jonas (Edward) salmonellosis Santorio, Santorio SARS sauna scar

scarlet fever Schally, Andrew V(ictor) schistosomiasis Schweitzer, Albert sciatica scleroderma scurvy seasonal affective disorder (SAD) sebaceous gland Selye, Hans (Hugo Bruno) semen Semmelweis, Ignaz (Philipp) sense septic arthritis septicemia serotonin sex chromosome sexual intercourse sexual response sexuality, human

sexually transmitted disease (STD) Sherrington, Sir Charles Scott shingles Shippen, William, Jr. shock sickle-cell anemia silicosis Simpson, Sir James Young sinus sinusitis skeleton skin skin cancer skull sleep apnea sleeping sickness small intestine smallpox Smith, Theobald smoking

snakebite Snow, John Soranus of Ephesus spa spatial disorientation speech therapy sperm Sperry, Roger spinal cord spleen Spock, Benjamin (McLane) sports medicine Starling, Ernest Henry Staupers, Mabel (Keaton) Stein-Leventhal syndrome Steptoe, Patrick (Christopher); and Edwards, Robert (Geoffrey) sterilization Stokes, William stomach stomach cancer

strabismus stroke sty sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) sunburn surgery swallowing sweat gland Sydenham, Thomas Sylvius, Franciscus syncope syphilis syringomyelia tachycardia tail Taussig, Helen Brooke Tay-Sachs disease tear duct and gland tendinitis tendon

testes testicular cancer tetanus therapeutics thermoreception Thomas, Lewis thoracic cavity thrombosis thymus thyroid gland tic tissue culture tongue tonsil tonsillitis tooth Tourette syndrome toxic shock syndrome toxicology trachea

tracheitis transplant transport transsexualism triage trichinosis tropical medicine tuberculosis (TB) tumour Turner syndrome typhoid Typhoid Mary typhus ulcer ulcerative colitis ultrasound uremia urinalysis urinary system urination

urine urogenital malformation urology uterine bleeding uterine cancer uterus uveitis vagina vaginitis Valium varicose vein Varmus, Harold (Elliot) vasectomy vegetarianism vein vena cava ventricular fibrillation vertebral column vertigo Vesalius, Andreas

veterinary medicine Viagra viatical settlement Vierordt, Karl von Villemin, Jean Antoine viral diseases Virchow, Rudolf (Carl) visual-field defect vitamin vitiligo vivisection vocal cord vomiting vulvitis Wagner-Jauregg, Julius wart Wassermann, August von Welch, William Henry Weller, Thomas H(uckle) West Nile virus

Whipple, George H(oyt) whooping cough Wieland, Heinrich Otto Wiesel, Torsten (Nils) Williams, Daniel Hale Wilson disease Winogradsky, Sergey (Nikolayevich) Withering, William wound Wright, Sir Almroth Edward Yalow, Rosalyn (Sussman) yaws yellow fever Zinkernagel, Rolf M(artin) Zinsser, Hans