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This dimension names the specific specialty a healer is best known for practicing. Wikipedia notes that doctors "may focus on certain disease categories, types of patients, and methods of treatment, known as specialities." Browsing this way collects every healer known for the same specialty.

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Era First Practiced
1880 1
Tradition or Region
Western biomedicine 1
Specialist In
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Cardiology

Specialist In
1 entry

Dermatology

Specialist In
1 entry

Endocrinology

Specialist In
3 entries

Genetics

Specialist In
1 entry

Hematology

Specialist In
1 entry

Medical Genetics

Specialist In
3 entries

Nephrology

Specialist In
1 entry

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Specialist In
64 entries

Oncology

Specialist In
1 entry

Ophthalmology

Specialist In
1 entry

Pediatric Surgery

Specialist In
3 entries

Pediatrics

Specialist In
72 entries

Physiology

Specialist In
1 entry

Psychiatry

Specialist In
1 entry

Public Health

Specialist In
1 entry

Surgery

Specialist In
6 entries

Urology

Specialist In
1 entry
Sources
1. Obstetrics (Wikipedia)
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  • Obstetrics, late 19th century formalization, era
    Before the 18th and 19th centuries, midwifery was well established, but obstetrics was not recognized as a specific medical specialty. By the late 19th century...delivery of babies by doctors became popular and readily accepted.
  • Obstetrics, late 19th century formalization, region
    Before the 18th and 19th centuries, midwifery was well established, but obstetrics was not recognized as a specific medical specialty. By the late 19th century...delivery of babies by doctors became popular and readily accepted.
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