Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness.
Contemporary medicine applies health science, biomedical research and medical technology to diagnose and treat injury and disease, typically through medication, surgery, or some other form of therapy. The word medicine is derived from the Latin ars medicina, meaning the art of healing
Though medical technology and clinical expertise are pivotal to contemporary medicine, successful face-to-face relief of actual suffering continues to require the application of ordinary human feeling and compassion, known in English as bedside manner.
Prehistoric medicine incorporated plants (herbalism), animal parts and minerals. In many cases these materials shamans, were used ritually as magical substances by priests, shamans, or medicine men. Well-known spiritual systems include animism (the notion of inanimate objects having spirits), spiritualism (an appeal to gods or communion with ancestor spirits); shamanism (the vesting of an individual with mystic powers); and divination (magically obtaining the truth). The field of medical anthropology examines the ways in which culture and society are organized around or impacted by issues of health, health care and related issues.
Medi-Clinic Southern Africa
Welcome to the official website of Medi-Clinic Southern Africa (MCSA). MCSA represents the Southern African operations of Medi-Clinic Corporation, one of the largest private hospital groups in the world. Medi-Clinic Corporation also has interests in Switzerland (Hirslanden) and the United Arab Emirates (Emirates Healthcare). Click http://www.mediclinic.co.za/Pages/default.aspx to visit the website of Medi-Clinic Corporation for corporate and investor relations information.
Medi-Clinic Southern Africa is committed to quality care and offers excellent medical care at more than 50 multidisciplinary hospitals in South Africa and Namibia. Our hospitals are staffed by well-trained friendly personnel and are supported by highly-trained medical specialists in private practice.
