Library of Congress Classification:Class R -- Medicine

Class R:Medicine is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. This page outlines the subclasses of Class R.

R - 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 the humanities. Medicine and disease in relation to history, literature, etc.
 * 711-713.97................................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
 * 727-727.5..................................Medical personnel and the public. Physician and the public
 * 728-733.....................................Practice of medicine. Medical practice economics
 * 735-854.....................................Medical education. Medical schools. Research
 * 855-855.5..................................Medical technology
 * 856-857.....................................Biomedical engineering. Electronics. Instrumentation
 * 858-859.7..................................Computer applications to medicine. Medical informatics
 * 864............................................Medical records
 * 895-920.....................................Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine

RA - 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. Medical audit
 * 405................................................Death certification
 * 407-409.5......................................Health status indicators. Medical statistics and surveys
 * 410-410.9......................................Medical economics. Economics of medical care. Employment
 * 411-415.........................................Provisions for personal medical care. Medical care plans
 * 418-418.5......................................Medicine and society. Social medicine. Medical sociology
 * 421-790.95..............................Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine
 * 428-428.5......................................Public health laboratories, institutes, etc.
 * 440-440.87....................................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.
 * 619-637.........................................Disposal of the dead. Undertaking. Burial. Cremation. Cemeteries
 * 638................................................Immunity and immunization in relation to public health
 * 639-642.........................................Transmission of disease
 * 643-645.........................................Disease (Communicable and noninfectious) 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
 * 648.5-767......................................Epidemics. Epidemiology. Quarantine. Disinfection
 * 771-771.7......................................Rural health and hygiene. Rural health services
 * 773-788.........................................Personal health and hygiene Including clothing, bathing, exercise, travel, nutrition, sleep, sex hygiene
 * 790-790.95....................................Mental health. Mental illness prevention
 * 791-954...................................Medical geography. Climatology. Meteorology
 * 960-1000.5..............................Medical centers. Hospitals. Dispensaries. Clinics. Including ambulance service, nursing homes, hospices
 * 1001-1171...............................Forensic medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine
 * 1190-1270...............................Toxicology. Poisons

RB - Pathology

 * 1-17........................................General works
 * 24-33.......................................Pathological anatomy and histology
 * 37-56.5....................................Clinical pathology. Laboratory technique
 * 57...........................................Post-mortem examination. Autopsies
 * 127-150...................................Manifestations of disease
 * 151-214...................................Theories of disease. Etiology. Pathogenesis

RC - Internal 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.....................................Disease due to physical and chemical agents
 * 109-216...................................Infectious and parasitic diseases
 * 251..........................................Constitutional diseases (General)
 * 254-282...................................Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology Including cancer and carcinogens
 * 306-320.5................................Tuberculosis
 * 321-571...................................Neurosciences. Biological 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
 * 512-569.5..................................................Psychopathology
 * 512-528...........................................................Psychoses
 * 530-552...........................................................Neuroses
 * 554-569.5........................................................Personality disorders. Behavior problems Including sexual problems, drug abuse, suicide, child abuse
 * 569.7-571..................................................Mental retardation. Developmental disabilities
 * 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. Clinical endocrinology
 * 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
 * 952-1245.................................Special situations and conditions
 * 952-954.6......................................Geriatrics
 * 955-962.........................................Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
 * 963-969.........................................Industrial medicine. Industrial hygiene
 * 970-986.........................................Military medicine. Naval medicine
 * 1000-1020.....................................Submarine medicine
 * 1030-1160.....................................Transportation medicine Including automotive, aviation, and space medicine
 * 1200-1245.....................................Sports medicine

RD - 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
 * 101-104...................................Fractures (General)
 * 118-120.5................................Plastic surgery. Reparative surgery
 * 120.6-129.8.............................Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc.
 * 130..........................................Prosthesis. Artificial organs
 * 137-145...................................Surgery in childhood, adolescence, pregnancy, old age
 * 151-498...................................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...................................Orthopedic surgery
 * 792-811.........................................Physical rehabilitation

RE - Ophthalmology

 * 75-79.......................................Examination. Diagnosis
 * 80-87.......................................Eye surgery
 * 88............................................Ophthalmic nursing
 * 89............................................Eye banks
 * 91-912.....................................Particular diseases of the eye
 * 918-921...................................Color vision tests, charts, etc.
 * 925-939...................................Refraction and errors of refraction and accommodation
 * 939.2-981................................Optometry. Opticians. Eyeglasses
 * 986-988...................................Artificial eyes and other prostheses
 * 991-992...................................Ocular therapeutics

RF - Otorhinolaryngology

 * 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 - Gynaecology and Obstetrics

 * 104-104.7................................Operative gynecology
 * 133-137.6................................Conception. Artificial insemination. Contraception
 * 138.........................................Sterilization of women
 * 159-208...................................Functional and systemic disorders. Endocrine gynecology
 * 211-483...................................Abnormalities and diseases of the female genital organs
 * 484-485...................................Urogynecology and obstetric urology. Urogynecologic surgery
 * 491-499...................................Diseases of the breast
 * 500-991...................................Obstetrics
 * 551-591.........................................Pregnancy
 * 600-650.........................................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. Prenatal care services

RJ - 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...................................Child health. Child health services
 * 125-145...................................Physiology of children and adolescents
 * 206-235...................................Nutrition and feeding of children and adolescents
 * 240..........................................Immunization of children (General)
 * 242-243...................................Hospital care
 * 245-247...................................Nursing of children. Pediatric nursing
 * 250-250.3................................Premature infants
 * 251-325...................................Newborn infants Including physiology, care, treatment, diseases
 * 370-550...................................Diseases of children and adolescents
 * 499-507.........................................Mental disorders. Child psychiatry

RK - 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. Restorative dentistry
 * 520-528...................................Orthodontics
 * 529-535...................................Oral surgery
 * 641-667...................................Prosthetic dentistry. Prosthodontics

RL - 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..........................................Pigmentations. Albinism
 * 793..........................................Congenital disorders of the skin. Nevi. Moles

RM - Therapy. Pharmacology

 * 138.........................................Drug prescribing
 * 139.........................................Prescription writing
 * 146-146.7................................Misuse of therapeutic drugs. Medication errors
 * 147-180...................................Administration of drugs and other therapeutic agents
 * 182-190...................................Other therapeutic procedures. Including acupuncture, pneumatic aspiration, spinal puncture, pericardial puncture
 * 214-258...................................Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks
 * 259.........................................Vitamin therapy
 * 260-263...................................Chemotherapy
 * 265-267...................................Antibiotic therapy. Antibiotics
 * 270-282...................................Immunotherapy. Serotherapy
 * 283-298...................................Endocrinotherapy. Organotherapy
 * 300-666...................................Drugs and their actions
 * 671-671.5................................Nonprescription drugs. Patent medicines
 * 695-893...................................Physical medicine. Physical therapy. Including massage, exercise, occupational therapy, hydrotherapy, phototherapy, radiotherapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy
 * 930-931...................................Rehabilitation therapy
 * 950.........................................Rehabilitation technology

RS - 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. Analysis
 * 192-199.........................................Pharmaceutical technology
 * 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

 * 89-120.....................................Specialties in nursing

RV - Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine

 * 1-431.................................Botanic, Thomsonian, and eclectic medicine

RX - Homeopathy

 * 211-581...................................Diseases, treatment, etc.
 * 601-675...................................Materia medica and therapeutics

RZ - 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, orgonomic medicine, phrenology, radiesthesia