1. Imhotep 2. Sushruta 3. Hippocrates 4. Galen 5. The Canon of Medicine 6. Andreas Vesalius 7. De Humani Corporis Fabrica 8. Ambroise Pare 9.

Antoine van leeuwenhoek 10. Edward Jenner and Louis Pasteur

1. Anatomy is the study of the

physical structure of organisms. 2. Cytology is the microscopic study of individual cells. 3. Embryology is the study of the early development of organisms. 4. Epidemiology is the study of the demographics of disease processes

5. Genetics is the study of genes. 6. Histology is the study of the structures of biological tissues 7. Immunology is the study of the immune system. 8. Microbiology is the study of microorganisms, including protozoa, bacteria, fungi, and viruses.

9. Pathology is the study of disease - the causes, course, progression and resolution thereof. 10. Pharmacology is the study of drugs and their actions. 11. Physiology is the study of the normal functioning of the body 12. Toxicology is the study of hazardous effects of drugs and poisons.

1. Anesthesiology is the clinical discipline concerned with providing anesthesia. 2. Dermatology is concerned with the skin and its diseases. 3. Emergency medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of acute or life-threatening conditions, including trauma, surgical, medical, pediatric, and psychiatric emergencies. 4. General practice, Family practice, family medicine or primary care is, in many countries, the first port-of-call for patients with non-emergency medical problems. 5. Hospital medicine is the general medical care of hospitalized patients.

6. Internal medicine is concerned with systemic diseases

of adults
1. Cardiology is concerned with the heart and cardiovascular system and their diseases. 2. Endocrinology is concerned with the endocrine system 3. Gastroenterology is concerned with the alimentary tract. 4. Geriatrics is concerned with medical care of the elderly. 5. Hematology is concerned with the blood and its diseases. 6. Hepatology is concerned with the liver and biliary tract, and is usually a part of Gastroenterology 7. Infectious diseases is concerned with the study, diagnosis and treatment of diseases caused by biological agents. 8. Nephrology is concerned with diseases of the kidneys.

9. Oncology is devoted to the study, diagnosis and treatment of cancer and other malignant diseases, and is often grouped with Hematology.

10. Pulmonology is concerned with diseases of the lungs and the respiratory system.
11. Rheumatology is devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory diseases of the joints and other organ systems, such as arthritis.

Neurology is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of nervous system diseases. Obstetrics and Gynecology are concerned respectively with childbirth and the female reproductive and associated organs. Pediatrics is devoted to the care of infants, children, and adolescents. Physical medicine and rehabilitation (or physiatry) is concerned with functional improvement after injury, illness, or congenital disorders.

Psychiatry is a branch of medicine that studies and treats mental disorders. Related non-medical fields are psychotherapy and clinical psychology. There are several subdisciplines of Psychiatry: 1.. Child & adolescent psychiatry focuses on the care of children and adolescents with mental/emotional/learning problems (i.e., ADHD, Autism, family conflicts). 2. Geriatric psychiatry focuses on the care of elderly people with mental illnesses (i.e., dementias, post stroke cognitive changes, depression). 3. Addiction psychiatry focuses on substance abuse and its treatment. 4. Forensic psychiatry focuses on the interface of psychiatry and the Law.

Surgical specialties - there are many medical disciplines that employ operative treatment. Some of these are highly specialized and are often not considered subdisciplines of surgery, although their naming might suggest so. 1. General surgery is traditionally defined as the specialty of surgery of the skin, endocrine glands, and abdomen (and, sometimes, the mammary glands). 2. Cardiovascular surgery is the surgical specialty that is concerned with the heart and major blood vessels of the chest. 3. Neurosurgery is concerned with the operative treatment of diseases of the nervous system.

4. Maxillofacial surgery is concerned with the operative treatment of deseases, deformities and other conditions of lower and middle one-third of face, including oral cavity and teeth. 5. Ophthalmology deals with the diseases of the eyes and their treatment. 6. Orthopedic surgery consists on surgery of the locomotor system.

7.Otolaryngology is concerned with treatment of ear, nose and throat disorders.

7. Pediatric surgery treats a wide variety of thoracic and abdominal diseases of childhood. 8. Plastic surgery includes aesthetic surgery operations that are done for other than medical purposes

9. Surgical oncology is concerned with curative and palliative surgical approaches to cancer treatment.
10. Urology focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females 11. Vascular surgery is surgery of "peripheral" blood vessels

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