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Medical history

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<B>1.</B> In clinical medicine, the patient's past and present which may contain clues bearing on their health past, present, and future.

The medical history, being an account of all medical events and problems a person has experienced, including psychiatric illness, is especially helpful when a differential diagnosis is needed.<BR><B>2.</B> The history of medicine

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