Medicine, adulteration of. See ADULTERATION.
It means modern scientific medicine in all its branches and includes surgery and obstetrics, but does not include veterinary medicine and surgery. [Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 (102 of 1956), s. 2 (f)]
The definition of the word 'medicine' in s. 2(f) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 is too wide to determine if it includes cardiology. It is also not necessary to go into the dictionary meaning of the expression as it is clear from the relevant Regulations that medicine and surgery are general subjects and Cardiology and Orthopaedics are their respective specialities. Where general subject such as medicine or surgery is being dealt with in a regulation, the specialist branch under it would be covered, though not vice versa, because if one wants to hold a post in the specialist branch he must of necessity have teaching experience in the specialist branch. Undisputably, one qualifying for M.D. (Medicine) has to learn the subject of Cardiology. Thus, the subject of medicine under the regulation cannot be said to be exclusive of the other subjects mentioned therein, Dr. M.C. Gupta v. Dr. Arun Kumar Gupta, (1979) 2 SCC 339: (1979) 2 SCR 853.
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