治癒可採用天然抗生素(用於細菌感染)、合成抗生素(例如磺胺類藥物或氟喹諾酮類藥物(英语:Quinolone antibiotic))、抗病毒藥物(用於極少數病毒感染)、抗真菌藥、抗毒素(英语:Antitoxin)、維生素、基因治療、手術、化學治療、放射治療等等方式。儘管已開發出許多治療方法,但不可治癒疾病列表(英语:List of incurable diseases)仍然很長。
1700年代编辑
詹姆斯·林德發表《壞血病專論》(英語:A Treatise on the Scurvy)表示幾次劑量的維生素C(比如取自萊姆)可以治癒並且預防壞血病。
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