Origin Formalized as a distinct discipline with the founding of the American Congress on Internal Medicine on 8 January 1915, which four months later founded the American College of Physicians.
The specialty devoted to the prevention, diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of diseases affecting adults' internal organ systems. It emerged from the German concept of innere Medizin, which William Osler is credited with introducing to North America, combining bedside clinical observation with physiology, bacteriology and pathology. It underpins most other adult medical subspecialties, including cardiology, endocrinology and gastroenterology.
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Origin PeriodFormalized as a distinct discipline with the founding of the American Congress on Internal Medicine on 8 January 1915, which four months later founded the American College of Physicians. 2 Classification
Type/Classification Internal Medicine
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Complex multisystem condition with no single owning subspecialty; managed under internal medicine.
Adult primary care overlaps with internal medicine
Nephrology is an internal medicine subspecialty
Rheumatology is an internal medicine subspecialty
Notable Specialists
Source Christiaan Eijkman (Wikipedia)
Source About us (Royal College of Physicians)
Source Willem Kolff (Wikipedia)
William Osler is called the father of modern, bedside-teaching internal medicine.
Treats
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Medical specialty
WikipediaClassification tableQuote, Classification table
Medical specialties that focus on the diagnosis and non-surgical treatment of disease.
2. History of ACP
American College of Physiciansacponline.org History of ACP page, Dr. Heinrich Stern - Our Founder sectionQuote, acponline.org History of ACP page, Dr. Heinrich Stern - Our Founder section
If internal medicine was to advance and assume its rightful position in medicine, there had to be an American College of Physicians.
About us (Royal College of Physicians)
Royal College of PhysiciansNotable Specialists: Royal College of PhysiciansView the Source Willem Kolff (Wikipedia)
Christiaan Eijkman (Wikipedia)
Frequently Asked Questions
Where does the term internal medicine come from?
It comes from the German innere Medizin and reached North America through William Osler.
The specialty emerged from the German concept of innere Medizin, which William Osler is credited with introducing to North America. It combined bedside clinical observation with physiology, bacteriology and pathology, and it underpins most other adult medical subspecialties, including cardiology, endocrinology and gastroenterology.
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