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WB 1-117 Reference Works. General Works | |
WB 120-130 Home Health Care. Works about Medicine for the Layperson | |
WB 141-293 Diagnosis | |
WB 141-142 General Diagnosis | |
WB 143-182 Signs and Symptoms | |
WB 200-288 Physical Diagnosis | |
WB 290-293 Medical History. Clinical Reports | |
WB 300-962 Therapeutics | |
WB 300-391 General Therapeutics | |
WB 400-449 Diet and Nutrition | |
WB 460-555 Physical and Occupational Therapy | |
WB 700-760 Medical Climatology | |
WB 880-962 Complementary and Alternative Therapies | |
Reference Works. General Works | |
WB 1 |
Societies
(Cutter from name of society)
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Includes ephemeral membership lists issued serially or separately. Classify substantial lists with directories. Classify annual reports, journals, etc., in W1.
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Collected works (on clinical medicine, diagnosis, special therapeutic systems) | |
Classify collected works on a specific subject with the subject. Cf. W5-7 on the medical profession. | |
WB 5 |
By several authors
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WB 7 |
By individual authors
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WB 9 |
Addresses. Essays. Lectures (General)
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[WB 11] |
[This number not used]
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Generally use WZ for history of medical practice. Cf. WB 760-962.
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WB 13 |
Encyclopedias
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Classify dictionaries in W 13.
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WB 15 |
Classification. Terminology
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify works that consist of general medical nomenclature or terminology in W 15.
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WB 16 |
Tables. Statistics
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WB 17 |
Atlases. Pictorial works
(e.g., those on special devices or forms of therapy, such as Acupuncture.) |
Cf. QZ 17 for tissue pathology of disease.
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WB 18 |
Education
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Classify here materials on education in the special systems of therapeutics or other topics specific to this schedule. Classify materials on general medical education in W 18.
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WB 18.2 |
Educational materials
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, catalogs, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.
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WB 22 |
Directories (of health resorts and/or special systems of therapeutics)
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WB 22.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
Institutes. Laboratories of experimental research | |
WB 23 |
Collective
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WB 24 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of institution)
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WB 25 |
Technique of research in internal medicine
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Classify works on technique of research limited to a particular subject with the subject.
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WB 26 |
Equipment and supplies
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[WB 26.5] |
[This number not used]
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Classify works on medical informatics, data processing or computers used in medicine in W 26.5 or by subject.
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Hospitals, dispensaries and clinics for specialized types of therapy, e.g., Homeopathy. Diathermy. Hydrotherapy | |
Classify works on general hospitals in WX; others in specialty numbers. | |
WB 27 |
Collective
(Table G)
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WB 27.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WB 28 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of hospital)
(Table G)
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Museums, exhibitions, etc. | |
WB 28.5 |
Collective
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WB 28.6 |
Individual
(Cutter from name of museum, etc.)
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WB 29 |
Rehabilitation centers. Residential facilities. Sheltered workshops
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Cf. WM 29-29.1 Mental health facilities.
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WB 32 |
Laws relating to special systems of therapeutics
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WB 32.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WB 33 |
Discussion of law
(Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WB 33.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WB 39 |
Handbooks. Resource guides
(Used for both monographs and serials) |
WB 50 |
Medical practice
(Table G)
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Includes works dealing with private practice. Classify works on health services in general in W 84-84.3.
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WB 50.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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WB 55 |
Traditional medicine (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Classify here works dealing with traditional medicine as currently practiced. Use WZ for the history of traditional medicine.
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WB 55.A3 |
African traditional medicine
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WB 55.A7 |
Arabic medicine
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WB 55.A9 |
Ayurvedic medicine
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WB 55.C4 |
Chinese traditional medicine
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WB 55.F3 |
Far East traditional medicine
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WB 55.K3 |
Kampo medicine
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WB 55.K6 |
Korean traditional medicine
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WB 55.T5 |
Tibetan traditional medicine
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WB 55.U5 |
Unani medicine
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WB 60 |
Bioethics. Clinical ethics. Clinical ethics committees
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Classify works on hospital clinical ethics committees in WX 150.
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WB 65 |
Euthanasia. Assisted suicide
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WB 100 |
General works
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WB 101 |
Ambulatory care (General)
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Cf. WX 205 Hospital outpatient clinics, ambulatory care facilities.
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WB 102 |
Clinical medicine
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WB 102.5 |
Evidence-based medicine
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WB 103 |
Behavioral medicine
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WB 104 |
Medical psychology
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WB 105 |
Emergency medicine. Medical emergencies
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WB 110 |
Family practice (including general practice)
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Classify works on general or family practice as a specialty in W 89.
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WB 112 |
Osteopathic medicine
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WB 115 |
Internal medicine
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WB 116 |
Military medicine
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WB 117 |
Medical uses of non-ionizing radiation (General)
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Home Health Care. Works about Medicine for the Layperson | |
WB 120 |
Household medical books. Self-care for the layperson
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Classify works about consumer health information at WA 590.
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WB 130 |
General works for laypersons
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Classify here works on general medicine for a non-medical audience.
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General Diagnosis Diagnosis | |
WB 141 |
General works
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Cf. QY 4 General works on clinical pathology.
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WB 141.4 |
Health status
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WB 141.5 |
Differential diagnosis
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WB 142 |
Prognosis. Monitoring
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Signs and Symptoms | |
WB 143 |
Signs and symptoms
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WB 146 |
Asthenia. Cachexia. Fatigue
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WB 152 |
Chills. Fever
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WB 158 |
Dehydration. Edema
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WB 176 |
Pain
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WB 182 |
Syncope. Coma
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Physical Diagnosis | |
WB 200 |
Physical diagnosis (General)
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WB 205 |
Technique of physical examination
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WB 270 |
Temperature
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WB 275 |
Inspection. Palpation
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WB 278 |
Auscultation. Percussion
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WB 280 |
Blood pressure
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WB 282 |
Pulse
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WB 284 |
Respiration
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WB 286 |
Body weights and measures
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WB 288 |
Diagnostic uses of non-ionizing radiation
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[WB 289] |
[This number not used]
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Classify diagnostic use of ultrasonics in WN 208.
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Medical History. Clinical Reports | |
WB 290 |
Medical history taking
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Classify works on medical record libraries and hospital records in WX 173.
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WB 293 |
Collections of clinical case reports
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Classify here miscellaneous collections. Classify case reports limited to one disease with the disease.
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Therapeutics General Therapeutics | |
WB 300 |
General works
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WB 305 |
Instructions or non-drug prescriptions for devices or therapy (General)
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Classify specific devices or therapies by subject.
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WB 310 |
Hospice care. Palliative care. Terminal care
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WB 320 |
Rehabilitation of the disabled (General)
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Classify here works on physical and medical rehabilitation in general as well as those that include educational, social, and vocational rehabilitation. Classify works on specific types, by type, e.g., Physical therapy WB 460. Classify works with no medical slant in HD 7255-7256.
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WB 325 |
Aftercare
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WB 327 |
Self care
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WB 330 |
Drug therapy
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Cf. QV Pharmacology.
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WB 340 |
Drug Administration
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WB 342 |
Inhalation. Intranasal
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WB 344 |
Rectal
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WB 350 |
Oral
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WB 354 |
Injections. Infusions
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WB 356 |
Blood transfusion
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WB 365 |
Various other therapeutic and diagnostic procedures (General or not elsewhere classified)
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WB 369 |
Acupuncture. Acupuncture therapy. Moxibustion
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WB 369.5 |
Specific techniques, A-Z
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WB 369.5.A17 |
Acupressure
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WB 369.5.A18 |
Acupuncture Analgesia
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WB 369.5.E2 |
Ear acupuncture
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WB 369.5.E4 |
Electroacupuncture
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WB 369.5.M5 |
Meridians. Acupuncture points
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WB 369.5.M9 |
Moxibustion
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WB 371 |
Cupping. Counterirritation
(e.g., Mustard plasters) |
WB 373 |
Punctures (General or not elsewhere classified)
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[WB 375] |
[This number not used]
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WB 377 |
Spinal, cisternal and ventricular puncture
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WB 379 |
Biopsy
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WB 381 |
Phlebotomy. Bloodletting
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WB 391 |
Tissue therapy. Organotherapy
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Diet and Nutrition | |
WB 400 |
Dietetics. Diet therapy. Nutrition therapy
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Classify works on diets to be used with particular diseases with the disease, e.g., atherogenic diet in WG 550. Classify works on normal dietary practice in QT 235. Classify works on nutrition and food values in QU 145-145.5. Classify works on diet therapy in children in WS 366. Classify works on nutrition therapy in children in WS 115-130; in the aged WT 115.
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WB 405 |
Dietary cookbooks (General)
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WB 410 |
Special methods of feeding, e.g., parenteral; tube
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WB 420 |
Fasting
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WB 422 |
Macrobiotic diet
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WB 424 |
Low sodium diets. Salt-free diets
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WB 425 |
Fat control
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Classify works on reducing diets in WD 210-212.
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WB 426 |
Meat diets. Protein control
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WB 427 |
Carbohydrate control
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WB 428 |
Milk diets. Calcium control
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WB 430 |
Vegetable diets. Fruit diets
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Classify here works on vegetarian diets used therapeutically. Classify works on vegetarian diets as normal dietary practice in QT 235.
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WB 431 |
Cereals. Grains. Seeds. Breads
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WB 432 |
Raw food diets
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WB 433 |
Beverages
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WB 438 |
Coffee. Tea. Chocolate
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WB 442 |
Water. Mineral waters
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Classify general works on hydrotherapy in WB 520.
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WB 444 |
Wines. Liquors. Cordials. Beer
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WB 447 |
Miscellaneous food preparations
(e.g., Yeast) |
WB 449 |
Diet fads (Critical and historical material)
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Classify here critical and historical works.
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Physical and Occupational Therapy | |
WB 460 |
Physical medicine. Physical therapy
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WB 469 |
Heat therapy. Induced hyperthermia
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WB 473 |
Cryotherapy. Therapeutic use of cold
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WB 480 |
Ultraviolet therapy. Sunlight. Light therapy
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WB 495 |
Electric stimulation therapy
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WB 510 |
Diathermy
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WB 515 |
Ultrasonic therapy
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WB 520 |
Hydrotherapy (General)
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WB 525 |
Balneology
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WB 535 |
Musculoskeletal manipulations (General or not elsewhere classified)
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WB 537 |
Massage
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WB 541 |
Exercise therapy
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Cf. QT 255 Physical education
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WB 543 |
Breathing exercises
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WB 545 |
Rest. Relaxation
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Classify works on hygienic aspects of rest and relaxation in QT 265.
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WB 550 |
Therapeutic use of music
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Classify works on therapeutic use of music in psychiatry in WM 450.5.M8.
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WB 555 |
Occupational therapy
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Classify works on occupational therapy in psychiatry in WM 450.5.O2.
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Medical Climatology | |
WB 700 |
Medical climatology. Geography of disease
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WB 710 |
Diseases of geographic areas
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WB 720 |
Diseases of ethnic groups (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Classify here works on diseases that are associated primarily with a particular ethnic group, when treated as such. Classify works on general health problems of ethnic groups in WA 300-305. Classify works on specific diseases with the disease.
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WB 750 |
Climatotherapy
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Cf. WF 330 Climatotherapy of pulmonary tuberculosis.
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WB 760 |
Health resorts
(Table G)
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Includes history.
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WB 760.1 |
General coverage
(Not Table G)
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Complementary and Alternative Therapies | |
WB 880 |
Mind-body interactions. Mental healing
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Classify works on history in WB 900.
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WB 885 |
Spiritual therapies
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Classify works on history in WB 900.
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WB 890 |
Complementary therapies (General or not elsewhere classified)
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Classify works on cupping in WB 371; on diet fads in WB 449; on vegetarianism in WB 430; on mental healing in WB 880-885. Classify works on a specific disease with the disease.
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WB 900 |
History (General or not elsewhere classified below)
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WB 903 |
Anthroposophy (used in medicine)
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Includes history. Cf. BP 595-597 General works.
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WB 905 |
Chiropractic
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WB 905.6 |
History and philosophy
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WB 905.7 |
Chiropractic as a profession. Ethics. Peer review
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Classify works on education in WB 18.
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WB 905.8 |
Diagnosis
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WB 905.9 |
Therapeutics
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WB 920 |
Eclecticism
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Includes history.
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WB 925 |
Herbal medicine. Phytotherapy
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Includes history.
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WB 930 |
Homeopathy
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Includes history.
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WB 935 |
Naturopathy
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Includes history.
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WB 940 |
Osteopathic manipulation
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Classify works on history in WZ.
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WB 960 |
Radiesthesia
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Includes history.
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WB 962 |
Reflexotherapy
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Includes history.
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