Medicine
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
The art of understanding diseases and curing or relieving them when possible. It is that branch of physic which relates to the healing of diseases. It is not restricted to any particular methods or remedies.
71 111. App. 239.
The term "medicine" is not limited to substances supposed to possess curative or remedial properties, but has also the meaning of the healing art, — the science of preserving health and treating disease for the purpose of cure, — whether such treatment involves the use of medical substances or not.
278 111. 257.