The skin and its diseases.
DERMATOLOGY
Disorders of the digestive system.
GASTROENTEROLOGY
Diseases and hygiene of old age.
GERIATRICS
The special functions and diseases of women.
GYNECOLOGY
The diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of
INTERNAL MEDICINE
disease.
The care and treatment of infants.
NEONATOLOGY
The nervous system, its structure, and its diseases.
NEUROLOGY
The treatment of tumors.
ONCOLOGY
The diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the
OPHTHALMOLOGY
eye.
The surgical treatment of deformities of the bones,
ORTHOPEDICS
joints, muscles, etc.
Disorders of the ear, nose, and throat.
OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY
The structural and functional causes of disease.
PATHOLOGY
The care, development, and treatment of children.
PEDIATRICS
The care and treatment of the feet, especially the
PODIATRY
treatment and prevention of foot disorders.
The study and treatment of disorders of the mind,
PSYCHIATRY
including psychoses, neuroses, emotional
maladjustments, and so forth.
The diagnosis and treatment of disease through
RADIOLOGY
the use of X-rays of the bones and organs.
The treatment of disease, injury, or deformity by
manual or instrumental operations, as in the
SURGERY
removal of diseased parts or tissue by cutting.
Diseases of the urogenital or urinary system.
UROLOGY
CARDIAC SURGERY
Heart surgery.
Surgery of the nervous system.
NEUROLOGIC SURGERY
PLASTIC SURGERY
are injured, deformed, or destroyed.
Surgery of the lungs and related organs.
PULMONARY SURGERY
Surgery of the chest cavity.
THORACIC SURGERY
Figure 2-3. Some of the areas in which a surgeon may specialize.
MD0064
2-6