Call Numbers (Library of Congress Classification): R - Medicine

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R - General Medicine

R
 
5-920
 
Medicine (General)
 
 
5-130.5
 
General Works
 
 
131-687
 
History of Medicine, Medical Expeditions
 
 
690-697
 
Medicine as a Profession, Physicians
 
 
702-703
 
Medicine and Disease in Relation to Histroy, Literature, etc.
 
 
713-713.97
 
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
 
 
727-727.8
 
Physician and the Public
 
 
728-733
 
Practice of Medicine, Medical Practice Economics
 
 
735-854
 
Medical Education, Medical Schools, Research
 
 
856-857
 
Biomedical Engineering, Electronics, Instrumentation
 
 
858-859.7
 
Computer Applications to Medicine
 
 
864
 
Medical Records
 
 
895-920
 
Medical Physics, Medical Radiology, Nuclear Medicine

RA - Public Aspects of Medicine

RA
 
1-1270
 
Public Aspects of Medicine
 
 
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
 
 
405
 
Death Certification
 
 
407-409.5
 
Medical Statistics and Surveys
 
 
410-410.9
 
Medical Economics, Economics of Medical Care
 
 
411-415
 
Provisions for Personal Medical Care, Medical Care Plans
 
 
418-418.5
 
Medicine and Society, Social Medicine, Medical Sociology
 
 
421-790.85
 
Public Health, Hygiene, Preventive Medicine
 
 
428-428.5
 
Public Health Laboratories, Institutes, etc.
 
 
440-440.85
 
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.
 
 
619-636.7
 
Disposal of the Dead, Undertaking, Cemeteries
 
 
638
 
Immunity and Immunization in Relation to Public Health
 
 
639-642
 
Transmission of Disease
 
 
643-645
 
Disease 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
 
 
648.5-766
 
Epidemics, Epidemology, Quarantine, Disinfection
 
 
771-771.7
 
Rural Health and Hygiene (including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene)
 
 
790-790.85
 
Mental Health
 
 
791-954
 
Medical Geography, Medical Climatology and Meteorology
 
 
960-999
 
Medical Centers, Hospitals, Dispensaries, Clinics (including ambulance service and nursing homes)
 
 
1001-1171
 
Forensic Medicine, Medical Jurisprudence, Legal Medicine
 
 
1190-1270
 
Toxiciology, Poisons

RB - Pathology

RB
 
1-214
 
Pathology
 
 
1-17
 
General Works
 
 
24-33
 
Pathology Anatomy and Histology
 
 
37-56
 
Clinical Pathology, Laboratory Technique
 
 
57
 
Post-Mortem Examination, Autopsies
 
 
127-150
 
Manifestation of Disease
 
 
151-214
 
Theories of Disease, Etiology, Pathogenesis

RC - Internal Medicine

RC
 
31-1245
 
Internal Medicine, Practice of Medicine
 
 
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
 
Diseases Due to Physical and Chemical Agents
 
 
110-216
 
Infectious and Parasitic Diseases
 
 
251
 
Constitutional Diseases (General)
 
 
254-282
 
Neoplasms, Tumors, Oncology (including cancer and carcinogens)
 
 
306-320.5
 
Tuberculosis
 
 
321-571
 
Neurology and 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
 
 
512-571
 
Psychopathology
 
 
512-528
 
Psychoses
 
 
530-552
 
Neuroses
 
 
554-569.5
 
Personality Disorders, Behavior Problems
 
 
569.7-571
 
Mental Retardation
 
 
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
 
 
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
 
 
952-954.6
 
Geriatrics
 
 
955-962
 
Arctic and Tropical Medicine
 
 
963-969
 
Industrial Medicine, Industrial Hygiene
 
 
970-1015
 
Military Medicine, Naval Medicine
 
 
1030-1160
 
Transportation Medicine
 
 
1200-1245
 
Sports Medicine

RD - Surgery

RD
 
1-811
 
Surgery
 
 
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
 
 
101-103
 
Fractures (General)
 
 
118-120.5
 
Plastic Surgery, Repatative Surgery
 
 
120.7-129.5
 
Transplantation of Organs, Tissues, etc.
 
 
130
 
Prosthesis, Artificial Organs
 
 
150-498
 
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
 
Orthopedics
 
 
792-811
 
Physical Rehabilitation

RE - Opthalmology

RE
 
1-994
 
Opthamology
 
 
80-87
 
Eye Surgery
 
 
88
 
Ophthalmic Nursing
 
 
91-912
 
Particular Diseases of the Eye
 
 
918-921
 
Color Vision Tests, Charts, etc.
 
 
925-939
 
Refraction and Errors of Refraction and Accommodation
 
 
940-981
 
Optometry, Opticians, Eyeglasses
 
 
986-988
 
Artificial Eyes and Other Prostheses
 
 
991-992
 
Ocular Therapeutics

RF - Ear, Nose & Throat

RF
 
1-547
 
Otorhinolaryngology (Ear, Nose, Throat)
 
 
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 - Gynecology, Obstetrics

RG
 
1-991
 
Gynecology and Obstetrics
 
 
103-104.6
 
Operative Gynecology
 
 
133-137.6
 
Conception, Artificial Insemination, Contraception
 
 
138
 
Sterilization of Women
 
 
159-208
 
Functional and Systemic Disorders
 
 
211-483
 
Abnormalities and Diseases of the Female Genital Organs
 
 
484-485
 
Gynecological and Obstetric Urology
 
 
491-499
 
Diseases of the Breast
 
 
500-991
 
Obstetrics
 
 
551-591
 
Pregnancy
 
 
600-649
 
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

RJ - Pediatrics

RJ
 
1-570
 
Pediatrics
 
 
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
 
Hygiene and Care of Children
 
 
125-145
 
Physiology of Children and Adolescents
 
 
240
 
Immunization of Children (General)
 
 
242-243
 
Hospital Care
 
 
245
 
Nursing of Children, Pediatric Nursing
 
 
250
 
Premature Infants
 
 
251-325
 
Newbord Infants (including physiology, care, treatment, diseases)
 
 
370-550
 
Diseases of Children and Adolescents
 
 
499-507
 
Mental Disorders, Child Psychiatry

RK - Dentistry

RK
 
1-715
 
Dentistry
 
 
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
 
 
520-528
 
Orthodontics
 
 
529-535
 
Oral Surgery
 
 
641-667
 
Prosthetic Dentistry, Prosthodontics

RL - Dermatology

RL
 
1-803
 
Dermatology
 
 
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
 
Pigmentation, Albinism
 
 
793
 
Congenital Disorders of the Skin, Nevi, Moles

RM - Therapeutics, Pharmacology

RM
 
1-931
 
Therapeutics, Pharmacology
 
 
138
 
Drug Prescribing
 
 
139
 
Prescription Writing
 
 
146-146.7
 
Misues of Therapeutic Drugs, Medication Errors
 
 
147-180
 
Administration of Drugs and Other Therapeutic Agents
 
 
182-190
 
Other Therapeutic Procedures
 
 
214-258
 
Diet Therapy, Diet and Dietetics in Disease, Dietary Cookbooks
 
 
259
 
Vitamin Therapy
 
 
260-263
 
Chemotherapy
 
 
265-267
 
Antibiotic Therapy, Antibiotics
 
 
270-282
 
Serum Therapy, Immunotherapy
 
 
283-298
 
Endocrinotherapy, Organotherapy
 
 
300-666
 
Drugs and their Actions
 
 
671-671.5
 
Commercial Preparations, Patent Medicines
 
 
695-890
 
Physical Medicine, Physical Therapy
 
 
845-862
 
Medical Radiology
 
 
930-931
 
Rehabilitation Therapy

RS - Pharmacy

RS
 
1-441
 
Pharmacy and Materia Medica
 
 
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
 
 
192-199
 
Pharmaceutical Processes
 
 
200-201
 
Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms
 
 
250-252
 
Commercial Preparations, Patent Medicines
 
 
355-356
 
Pharmaceutical Supplies
 
 
400-431
 
Pharmaceutical Chemistry
 
 
441
 
Microscopical Examination of Drugs

RT - Nursing

RT
 
1-120
 
Nursing
 
 
89-120
 
Specialties in Nursing

RV - Botanic, Eclectic Medicine

RV
 
1-431
 
Botanic, Thomsonian, and Eclectic Medicine

RX - Homeopathy

RX
 
1-681
 
Homeopathy
 
 
211-581
 
Diseases, Treatment, etc.
 
 
601-675
 
Materia Medica and Therapeutics

RZ - Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Mental Healing

RZ
 
201-999
 
Other Systems of Medicine
 
 
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, organomic medicine, phrenology, radiesthesia, etc.)