Library of Congress Classification:Class R -- Medicine
Class R:Medicine is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. This page outlines the subclasses of Class R.[1] [2]
- 5-130.5......................................General works
- 131-687.....................................History of medicine. Medical expeditions
- 690-697.....................................Medicine as a profession. Physicians
- 702-703.....................................Medicine and the humanities. Medicine and disease in relation to history, literature, etc.
- 711-713.97................................Directories
- 722-722.32................................Missionary medicine. Medical missionaries
- 723-726.....................................Medical philosophy. Medical ethics
- 726.5-726.8...............................Medicine and disease in relation to psychology. Terminal care. Dying
- 727-727.5..................................Medical personnel and the public. Physician and the public
- 728-733.....................................Practice of medicine. Medical practice economics
- 735-854.....................................Medical education. Medical schools. Research
- 855-855.5..................................Medical technology
- 856-857.....................................Biomedical engineering. Electronics. Instrumentation
- 858-859.7..................................Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
- 864............................................Medical records
- 895-920.....................................Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine
RA - Public aspects of medicine
[edit]- 1-418.5....................................Medicine and the state
- 396................................................Regulation of medical education. Licensure
- 398................................................Registration of physicians, pharmacists, etc.
- 399................................................Regulation of medical practice. Evaluation and quality control of medical care. Medical audit
- 405................................................Death certification
- 407-409.5......................................Health status indicators. Medical statistics and surveys
- 410-410.9......................................Medical economics. Economics of medical care. Employment
- 411-415.........................................Provisions for personal medical care. Medical care plans
- 418-418.5......................................Medicine and society. Social medicine. Medical sociology
- 421-790.95..............................Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine
- 428-428.5......................................Public health laboratories, institutes, etc.
- 440-440.87....................................Study and teaching. Research
- 565-600.........................................Environmental health Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply
- 601-602.........................................Food and food supply in relation to public health
- 604-618.........................................Parks, public baths, public carriers, buildings, etc.
- 619-637.........................................Disposal of the dead. Undertaking. Burial. Cremation. Cemeteries
- 638................................................Immunity and immunization in relation to public health
- 639-642.........................................Transmission of disease
- 643-645.........................................Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health
- 645.3-645.37.................................Home health care services
- 645.5-645.9...................................Emergency medical services
- 646-648.3......................................War and public health
- 648.5-767......................................Epidemics. Epidemiology. Quarantine. Disinfection
- 771-771.7......................................Rural health and hygiene. Rural health services
- 773-788.........................................Personal health and hygiene Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene
- 790-790.95....................................Mental health. Mental illness prevention
- 791-954...................................Medical geography. Climatology. Meteorology
- 960-1000.5..............................Medical centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries. Clinics. Including ambulance service, nursing homes, hospices
- 1001-1171...............................Forensic medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
- 1190-1270...............................Toxicology. Poisons
- 1-17........................................General works
- 24-33.......................................Pathological anatomy and histology
- 37-56.5....................................Clinical pathology. Laboratory technique
- 57...........................................Post-mortem examination. Autopsies
- 127-150...................................Manifestations of disease
- 151-214...................................Theories of disease. Etiology. Pathogenesis
RC - Internal medicine
[edit]- 49-52.......................................Psychosomatic medicine
- 71-78.7....................................Examination. Diagnosis Including radiography
- 81-82.......................................Popular medicine
- 86-88.9....................................Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid
- 91-103.....................................Disease due to physical and chemical agents
- 109-216...................................Infectious and parasitic diseases
- 251..........................................Constitutional diseases (General)
- 254-282...................................Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens
- 306-320.5................................Tuberculosis
- 321-571...................................Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
- 346-429.........................................Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system Including speech disorders
- 435-571...............................................Psychiatry
- 475-489.....................................................Therapeutics. Psychotherapy
- 490-499.....................................................Hypnotism and hypnosis. Suggestion therapy
- 500-510.....................................................Psychoanalysis
- 512-569.5..................................................Psychopathology
- 512-528...........................................................Psychoses
- 530-552...........................................................Neuroses
- 554-569.5........................................................Personality disorders. Behavior problems Including sexual problems, drug abuse, suicide, child abuse
- 569.7-571..................................................Mental retardation. Developmental disabilities
- 581-951...................................Specialties of internal medicine
- 581-607.........................................Immunologic diseases. Allergy
- 620-627.........................................Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases
- 627.5-632......................................Metabolic diseases
- 633-647.5......................................Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs
- 648-665.........................................Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
- 666-701.........................................Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
- 705-779.........................................Diseases of the respiratory system
- 799-869.........................................Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
- 870-923.........................................Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology
- 924-924.5......................................Diseases of the connective tissues
- 925-935.........................................Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
- 952-1245.................................Special situations and conditions
- 952-954.6......................................Geriatrics
- 955-962.........................................Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
- 963-969.........................................Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene
- 970-986.........................................Military medicine. Naval medicine
- 1000-1020.....................................Submarine medicine
- 1030-1160.....................................Transportation medicine Including automotive, aviation, and space medicine
- 1200-1245.....................................Sports medicine
- 1-31.7.....................................General works
- 32-33.9....................................Operative surgery. Technique of surgical operations
- 49-52.......................................Surgical therapeutics. Preoperative and postoperative care
- 57...........................................Surgical pathology
- 58...........................................Reparative processes after operations (Physiological)
- 59...........................................Surgical shock. Traumatic shock
- 63-76.......................................Operating rooms and theaters. Instruments, apparatus, and appliances
- 78.3-87.3.................................Anesthesiology
- 91-91.5....................................Asepsis and antisepsis. Sterilization (Operative)
- 92-97.8....................................Emergency surgery. Wounds and injuries
- 98-98.4....................................Surgical complications
- 99-99.35..................................Surgical nursing
- 101-104...................................Fractures (General)
- 118-120.5................................Plastic surgery. Reparative surgery
- 120.6-129.8.............................Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
- 130..........................................Prosthesis. Artificial organs
- 137-145...................................Surgery in childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, old age
- 151-498...................................Military and naval surgery
- 520-599.5................................Surgery by region, system, or organ
- 651-678...................................Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology
- 680-688...................................Diseases of the locomotor system (Surgical treatment)
- 701-811...................................Orthopedic surgery
- 792-811.........................................Physical rehabilitation
RE - Ophthalmology
[edit]- 75-79.......................................Examination. Diagnosis
- 80-87.......................................Eye surgery
- 88............................................Ophthalmic nursing
- 89............................................Eye banks
- 91-912.....................................Particular diseases of the eye
- 918-921...................................Color vision tests, charts, etc.
- 925-939...................................Refraction and errors of refraction and accommodation
- 939.2-981................................Optometry. Opticians. Eyeglasses
- 986-988...................................Artificial eyes and other prostheses
- 991-992...................................Ocular therapeutics
RF - Otorhinolaryngology
[edit]- 110-320...................................Otology. Diseases of the ear
- 341-437...................................Rhinology. Diseases of the nose, accessory sinuses, and nasopharynx
- 460-547...................................Laryngology. Diseases of the throat
RG - Gynaecology and Obstetrics
[edit]- 104-104.7................................Operative gynecology
- 133-137.6................................Conception. Artificial insemination. Contraception
- 138.........................................Sterilization of women
- 159-208...................................Functional and systemic disorders. Endocrine gynecology
- 211-483...................................Abnormalities and diseases of the female genital organs
- 484-485...................................Urogynecology and obstetric urology. Urogynecologic surgery
- 491-499...................................Diseases of the breast
- 500-991...................................Obstetrics
- 551-591.........................................Pregnancy
- 600-650.........................................The embryo and fetus
- 648.....................................................Spontaneous abortion. Miscarriage
- 651-721.........................................Labor. Parturition
- 725-791.........................................Obstetric operations. Operative obstetrics
- 801-871.........................................Puerperal state
- 940-991.........................................Maternal care. Prenatal care services
RJ - Pediatrics
[edit]- 47.3-47.4.................................Genetic aspects
- 50-51.......................................Examination. Diagnosis
- 52-53.......................................Therapeutics
- 59-60.......................................Infant and neonatal morbidity and mortality
- 91............................................Supposed prenatal influence. Prenatal culture. Stirpiculture
- 101-103...................................Child health. Child health services
- 125-145...................................Physiology of children and adolescents
- 206-235...................................Nutrition and feeding of children and adolescents
- 240..........................................Immunization of children (General)
- 242-243...................................Hospital care
- 245-247...................................Nursing of children. Pediatric nursing
- 250-250.3................................Premature infants
- 251-325...................................Newborn infants Including physiology, care, treatment, diseases
- 370-550...................................Diseases of children and adolescents
- 499-507.........................................Mental disorders. Child psychiatry
- 58-59.3....................................Practice of dentistry. Dental economics
- 60.7-60.8.................................Preventive dentistry
- 280..........................................Oral and dental anatomy and physiology
- 301-493...................................Oral and dental medicine. Pathology. Diseases
- 501-519...................................Operative dentistry. Restorative dentistry
- 520-528...................................Orthodontics
- 529-535...................................Oral surgery
- 641-667...................................Prosthetic dentistry. Prosthodontics
RL - Dermatology
[edit]- 87-94.......................................Care and hygiene
- 95............................................Pathological anatomy
- 110-120...................................Therapeutics
- 130-169...................................Diseases of the glands, hair, nails
- 201-331...................................Hyperemias, inflammations, and infections of the skin
- 391-489...................................Atrophies. Hypertrophies
- 675..........................................Chronic ulcer of the skin. Bedsores
- 701-751...................................Diseases due to psychosomatic and nerve disorders. Dermatoneuroses
- 760-785...................................Diseases due to parasites
- 790..........................................Pigmentations. Albinism
- 793..........................................Congenital disorders of the skin. Nevi. Moles
RM - Therapy. Pharmacology
[edit]- 138.........................................Drug prescribing
- 139.........................................Prescription writing
- 146-146.7................................Misuse of therapeutic drugs. Medication errors
- 147-180...................................Administration of drugs and other therapeutic agents
- 182-190...................................Other therapeutic procedures. Including acupuncture, pneumatic aspiration, spinal puncture, pericardial puncture
- 214-258...................................Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks
- 259.........................................Vitamin therapy
- 260-263...................................Chemotherapy
- 265-267...................................Antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics
- 270-282...................................Immunotherapy. Serotherapy
- 283-298...................................Endocrinotherapy. Organotherapy
- 300-666...................................Drugs and their actions
- 671-671.5................................Nonprescription drugs. Patent medicines
- 695-893...................................Physical medicine. Physical therapy. Including massage, exercise, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, phototherapy, radiotherapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy
- 930-931...................................Rehabilitation therapy
- 950.........................................Rehabilitation technology
- 125-131.9................................Formularies. Collected prescriptions
- 139-141.9................................Pharmacopoeias
- 151.2-151.9.............................Dispensatories
- 153-441...................................Materia medica
- 160-167.........................................Pharmacognosy. Pharmaceutical substances (Plant, animal, and inorganic)
- 189-190.........................................Assay methods. Standardization. Analysis
- 192-199.........................................Pharmaceutical technology
- 200-201.........................................Pharmaceutical dosage forms
- 250-252.........................................Commercial preparations. Patent medicines
- 355-356.........................................Pharmaceutical supplies
- 400-431.........................................Pharmaceutical chemistry
- 441................................................Microscopical examination of drugs
- 89-120.....................................Specialties in nursing
RV - Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
[edit]- 1-431.................................Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine
RX - Homeopathy
[edit]- 211-581...................................Diseases, treatment, etc.
- 601-675...................................Materia medica and therapeutics
RZ - Other systems of medicine
[edit]- 201-275...................................Chiropractic
- 301-397.5................................Osteopathy
- 399..........................................Osteo-magnetics, neuropathy, etc., A-Z
- 400-408...................................Mental healing
- 409.7-999................................Miscellaneous systems and treatments. Including magnetotherapy, mesmerism, naturopathy, orgonomic medicine, phrenology, radiesthesia
References
[edit]- ^ "Library of Congress Classification Outline:Class R - Medicine" (PDF). Library of Congress. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2019-04-30.
- ^ "Library of Congress Classification Full Text: CLASS M - Medicine" (PDF). Library of Congress. 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2019-05-01.