Library of Congress Classification/Class R
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Subclass RA
Subclass RB
Subclass RC
Subclass RD
Subclass RE
Subclass RF
Subclass RG
Subclass RJ
Subclass RK
Subclass RL
Subclass RM
Subclass RS
Subclass RT
Subclass RV
Subclass RX
Subclass RZ
CLASS R - MEDICINE
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| Subclass R | Medicine (General) |
|---|---|
| Subclass RA | Public aspects of medicine |
| Subclass RB | Pathology |
| Subclass RC | Internal medicine |
| Subclass RD | Surgery |
| Subclass RE | Ophthalmology |
| Subclass RF | Otorhinolaryngology |
| Subclass RG | Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Subclass RJ | Pediatrics |
| Subclass RK | Dentistry |
| Subclass RL | Dermatology |
| Subclass RM | Therapeutics. Pharmacology |
| Subclass RS | Pharmacy and materia medica |
| Subclass RT | Nursing |
| Subclass RV | Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine |
| Subclass RX | Homeopathy |
| Subclass RZ | Other systems of medicine |
Subclass R
| R5-920 | Medicine (General) | |
| R5-130.5 | General works | |
| R131-687 | History of medicine. Medical expeditions | |
| R690-697 | Medicine as a profession. Physicians | |
| R702-703 | Medicine and the humanities. Medicine and disease in relation to history, literature, etc. | |
| R711-713.97 | Directories | |
| R722-722.32 | Missionary medicine. Medical missionaries | |
| R723-726 | Medical philosophy. Medical ethics | |
| R726.5-726.8 | Medicine and disease in relation to psychology. Terminal care. Dying | |
| R727-727.5 | Medical personnel and the public. Physician and the public | |
| R728-733 | Practice of medicine. Medical practice economics | |
| R735-854 | Medical education. Medical schools. Research | |
| R855-855.5 | Medical technology | |
| R856-857 | Biomedical engineering. Electronics. Instrumentation | |
| R858-859.7 | Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics | |
| R864 | Medical records | |
| R895-920 | Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine | |
| RA1-1270 | Public aspects of medicine | ||
| RA1-418.5 | Medicine and the state | ||
| RA396 | Regulation of medical education. Licensure | ||
| RA398 | Registration of physicians, pharmacists, etc. | ||
| RA399 | Regulation of medical practice. Evaluation and quality control of medical care. Medical audit | ||
| RA405 | Death certification | ||
| RA407-409.5 | Health status indicators. Medical statistics and surveys | ||
| RA410-410.9 | Medical economics. Economics of medical care. Employment | ||
| RA411-415 | Provisions for personal medical care. Medical care plans | ||
| RA418-418.5 | Medicine and society. Social medicine. Medical sociology | ||
| RA421-790.95 | Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine | ||
| RA428-428.5 | Public health laboratories, institutes, etc. | ||
| RA440-440.87 | Study and teaching. Research | ||
| RA565-600 | Environmental health Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply | ||
| RA601-602 | Food and food supply in relation to public health | ||
| RA604-618 | Parks, public baths, public carriers, buildings, etc. | ||
| RA619-637 | Disposal of the dead. Undertaking. Burial. Cremation. Cemeteries | ||
| RA638 | Immunity and immunization in relation to public health | ||
| RA639-642 | Transmission of disease | ||
| RA643-645 | Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) and public health | ||
| RA645.3-645.37 | Home health care services | ||
| RA645.5-645.9 | Emergency medical services | ||
| RA646-648.3 | War and public health | ||
| RA648.5-767 | Epidemics. Epidemiology. Quarantine. Disinfection | ||
| RA771-771.7 | Rural health and hygiene. Rural health services | ||
| RA773-788 | Personal health and hygiene Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene | ||
| RA790-790.95 | Mental health. Mental illness prevention | ||
| RA791-954 | Medical geography. Climatology. Meteorology | ||
| RA960-1000.5 | Medical centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries. Clinics Including ambulance service, nursing homes, hospices | ||
| RA1001-1171 | Forensic medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine | ||
| RA1190-1270 | Toxicology. Poisons | ||
| RB1-214 | Pathology | |
| RB1-17 | General works | |
| RB24-33 | Pathological anatomy and histology | |
| RB37-56.5 | Clinical pathology. Laboratory technique | |
| RB57 | Post-mortem examination. Autopsies | |
| RB127-150 | Manifestations of disease | |
| RB151-214 | Theories of disease. Etiology. Pathogenesis | |
| RC31-1245 | Internal medicine | |||||
| RC49-52 | Psychosomatic medicine | |||||
| RC71-78.7 | Examination. Diagnosis Including raiography | |||||
| RC81-82 | Popular medicine | |||||
| RC86-88.9 | Medical emergencies. Critical care. Intensive care. First aid | |||||
| RC91-103 | Disease due to physical and chemical agents | |||||
| RC109-216 | Infectious and parasitic diseases | |||||
| RC251 | Constitutional diseases (General) | |||||
| RC254-282 | Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens | |||||
| RC306-320.5 | Tuberculosis | |||||
| RC321-571 | Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry | |||||
| RC346-429 | Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system Including speech disorders | |||||
| RC435-571 | Psychiatry | |||||
| RC475-489 | Therapeutics. Psychotherapy | |||||
| RC490-499 | Hypnotism and hypnosis. Suggestion therapy | |||||
| RC500-510 | Psychoanalysis | |||||
| RC512-569.5 | Psychopathology | |||||
| RC512-528 | Psychoses | |||||
| RC530-552 | Neuroses | |||||
| RC554-569.5 | Personality disorders. Behavior problems Including sexual problems, drug abuse, suicide, child abuse | |||||
| RC569.7-571 | Mental retardation. Developmental disabilities | |||||
| RC581-951 | Specialties of internal medicine | |||||
| RC581-607 | Immunologic diseases. Allergy | |||||
| RC620-627 | Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases | |||||
| RC627.5-632 | Metabolic diseases | |||||
| RC633-647.5 | Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs | |||||
| RC648-665 | Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology | |||||
| RC666-701 | Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system | |||||
| RC705-779 | Diseases of the respiratory system | |||||
| RC799-869 | Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology | |||||
| RC870-923 | Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology | |||||
| RC924-924.5 | Diseases of the connective tissues | |||||
| RC925-935 | Diseases of the musculoskeletal system | |||||
| RC952-1245 | Special situations and conditions | |||||
| RC952-954.6 | Geriatrics | |||||
| RC955-962 | Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine | |||||
| RC963-969 | Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene | |||||
| RC970-986 | Military medicine. Naval medicine | |||||
| RC1000-1020 | Submarine medicine | |||||
| RC1030-1160 | Transportation medicine Including automotive, aviation, and space medicine | |||||
| RC1200-1245 | Sports medicine | |||||
| RD1-811 | Surgery | ||
| RD1-31.7 | General works | ||
| RD32-33.9 | Operative surgery. Technique of surgical operations | ||
| RD49-52 | Surgical therapeutics. Preoperative and postoperative care | ||
| RD57 | Surgical pathology | ||
| RD58 | Reparative processes after operations (Physiological) | ||
| RD59 | Surgical shock. Traumatic shock | ||
| RD63-76 | Operating rooms and theaters. Instruments, apparatus, and appliances | ||
| RD78.3-87.3 | Anesthesiology | ||
| RD91-91.5 | Asepsis and antisepsis. Sterilization (Operative) | ||
| RD92-97.8 | Emergency surgery. Wounds and injuries | ||
| RD98-98.4 | Surgical complications | ||
| RD99-99.35 | Surgical nursing | ||
| RD101-104 | Fractures (General) | ||
| RD118-120.5 | Plastic surgery. Reparative surgery | ||
| RD120.6-129.8 | Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc. | ||
| RD130 | Prosthesis. Artificial organs | ||
| RD137-145 | Surgery in childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, old age | ||
| RD151-498 | Military and naval surgery | ||
| RD520-599.5 | Surgery by region, system, or organ | ||
| RD651-678 | Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology | ||
| RD680-688 | Diseases of the locomotor system (Surgical treatment) | ||
| RD701-811 | Orthopedic surgery | ||
| RD792-811 | Physical rehabilitation | ||
| RE1-994 | Ophthalmology | |
| RE75-79 | Examination. Diagnosis | |
| RE80-87 | Eye surgery | |
| RE88 | Ophthalmic nursing | |
| RE89 | Eye banks | |
| RE91-912 | Particular diseases of the eye | |
| RE918-921 | Color vision tests, charts, etc. | |
| RE925-939 | Refraction and errors of refraction and accommodation | |
| RE939.2-981 | Optometry. Opticians. Eyeglasses | |
| RE986-988 | Artificial eyes and other prostheses | |
| RE991-992 | Ocular therapeutics | |
| RF1-547 | Otorhinolaryngology | |
| RF110-320 | Otology. Diseases of the ear | |
| RF341-437 | Rhinology. Diseases of the nose, accessory sinuses, and nasopharynx | |
| RF460-547 | Laryngology. Diseases of the throat | |
| RG1-991 | Gynecology and obstetrics | |||
| RG104-104.7 | Operative gynecology | |||
| RG133-137.6 | Conception. Artificial insemination. Contraception | |||
| RG138 | Sterilization of women | |||
| RG159-208 | Functional and systemic disorders. Endocrine gynecology | |||
| RG211-483 | Abnormalities and diseases of the female genital organs | |||
| RG484-485 | Urogynecology and obstetric urology. Urogynecologic surgery | |||
| RG491-499 | Diseases of the breast | |||
| RG500-991 | Obstetrics | |||
| RG551-591 | Pregnancy | |||
| RG600-650 | The embryo and fetus | |||
| RG648 | Spontaneous abortion. Miscarriage | |||
| RG651-721 | Labor. Parturition | |||
| RG725-791 | Obstetric operations. Operative obstetrics | |||
| RG801-871 | Puerperal state | |||
| RG940-991 | Maternal care. Prenatal care services | |||
| RJ1-570 | Pediatrics | ||
| RJ47.3-47.4 | Genetic aspects | ||
| RJ50-51 | Examination. Diagnosis | ||
| RJ52-53 | Therapeutics | ||
| RJ59-60 | Infant and neonatal morbidity and mortality | ||
| RJ91 | Supposed prenatal influence. Prenatal culture. Stirpiculture | ||
| RJ101-103 | Child health. Child health services | ||
| RJ125-145 | Physiology of children and adolescents | ||
| RJ206-235 | Nutrition and feeding of children and adolescents | ||
| RJ240 | Immunization of children (General) | ||
| RJ242-243 | Hospital care | ||
| RJ245-247 | Nursing of children. Pediatric nursing | ||
| RJ250-250.3 | Premature infants | ||
| RJ251-325 | Newborn infants Including physiology, care, treatment, diseases | ||
| RJ370-550 | Diseases of children and adolescents | ||
| RJ499-507 | Mental disorders. Child psychiatry | ||
| RK1-715 | Dentistry | |
| RK58-59.3 | Practice of dentistry. Dental economics | |
| RK60.7-60.8 | Preventive dentistry | |
| RK280 | Oral and dental anatomy and physiology | |
| RK301-493 | Oral and dental medicine. Pathology. Diseases | |
| RK501-519 | Operative dentistry. Restorative dentistry | |
| RK520-528 | Orthodontics | |
| RK529-535 | Oral surgery | |
| RK641-667 | Prosthetic dentistry. Prosthodontics | |
| RL1-803 | Dermatology | |
| RL87-94 | Care and hygiene | |
| RL95 | Pathological anatomy | |
| RL110-120 | Therapeutics | |
| RL130-169 | Diseases of the glands, hair, nails | |
| RL201-331 | Hyperemias, inflammations, and infections of the skin | |
| RL391-489 | Atrophies. Hypertrophies | |
| RL675 | Chronic ulcer of the skin. Bedsores | |
| RL701-751 | Diseases due to psychosomatic and nerve disorders. Dermatoneuroses | |
| RL760-785 | Diseases due to parasites | |
| RL790 | Pigmentations. Albinism | |
| RL793 | Congenital disorders of the skin. Nevi. Moles | |
| RM1-950 | Therapeutics. Pharmacology | |
| RM138 | Drug prescribing | |
| RM139 | Prescription writing | |
| RM146-146.7 | Misuse of therapeutic drugs. Medication errors | |
| RM147-180 | Administration of drugs and other therapeutic agents | |
| RM182-190 | Other therapeutic procedures Including acupuncture, pneumatic aspiration, spinal puncture, pericardial puncture | |
| RM214-258 | Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks | |
| RM259 | Vitamin therapy | |
| RM260-263 | Chemotherapy | |
| RM265-267 | Antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics | |
| RM270-282 | Immunotherapy. Serotherapy | |
| RM283-298 | Endocrinotherapy. Organotherapy | |
| RM300-666 | Drugs and their actions | |
| RM671-671.5 | Nonprescription drugs. Patent medicines | |
| RM695-893 | Physical medicine. Physical therapy Including massage, exercise, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, phototherapy, radiotherapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy | |
| RM930-931 | Rehabilitation therapy | |
| RM950 | Rehabilitation technology | |
| RS1-441 | Pharmacy and materia medica | ||
| RS125-131.9 | Formularies. Collected prescriptions | ||
| RS139-141.9 | Pharmacopoeias | ||
| RS151.2-151.9 | Dispensatories | ||
| RS153-441 | Materia medica | ||
| RS160-167 | Pharmacognosy. Pharmaceutical substances (Plant, animal, and inorganic) | ||
| RS189-190 | Assay methods. Standardization. Analysis | ||
| RS192-199 | Pharmaceutical technology | ||
| RS200-201 | Pharmaceutical dosage forms | ||
| RS250-252 | Commercial preparations. Patent medicines | ||
| RS355-356 | Pharmaceutical supplies | ||
| RS400-431 | Pharmaceutical chemistry | ||
| RS441 | Microscopical examination of drugs | ||
| RT1-120 | Nursing | |
| RT89-120 | Specialties in nursing | |
| RV1-431 | Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine | |
| RX1-681 | Homeopathy | |
| RX211-581 | Diseases, treatment, etc. | |
| RX601-675 | Materia medica and therapeutics | |
| RZ201-999 | Other systems of medicine | |
| RZ201-275 | Chiropractic | |
| RZ301-397.5 | Osteopathy | |
| RZ399 | Osteo-magnetics, neuropathy, etc., A-Z | |
| RZ400-408 | Mental healing | |
| RZ409.7-999 | Miscellaneous systems and treatments Including magnetotherapy, mesmerism, naturopathy, organomic medicine, phrenology, radiesthesia | |