MEDICINE

medicine. medicine, remedie, or cure

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MEDICINE. → General scriptures concerning Pr 17:22; Isa 1:6; 38:21; Jer 8:22; 30:13; 46:11; 51:8,9; Eze 47:12; Lu 10:34; Re 22:2 → See DISEASES → See PHYSICIAN

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Med″i‐cine (?), n. [[L. medicina (sc. ars), fr. medicinus medical, fr. medicus: cf. F. médecine. See Medical.]] 1. 1. The science which relates to the prevention, cure, or alleviation of disease.
2. 2. Any substance administered in the treatment of disease; a remedial agent; a remedy; physic.
By medicine, life may be prolonged. Shak. 3. 3. A philter or love potion. Shak.
4. 4. [[F. médecin.]] A physician. Shak.
Medicine bag, a charm; — so called among the North American Indians, or in works relating to them. — Medicine man (among the North American Indians), a person who professes to cure sickness, drive away evil spirits, and regulate the weather by the arts of magic. — Medicine seal, a small gem or paste engraved with reversed characters, to serve as a seal. Such seals were used by Roman physicians to stamp the names of their medicines.