# treatment (medical)

a change process that uses a substance to change a condition

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: treatment

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [change](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-change.process), [substance](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-substance.material), [state](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-state.condition), [condition](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-condition.state), [process](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-process.general), [use](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-use.application)

**Through:** the process uses the substance to change the condition

**Novel properties:**
- directed intervention
- causal leverage
- therapeutic agency

## Examples
- Penicillin treatment cured Anne Miller of septicemia in 1942, the first successful use in a human. *(medicine)*
- The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill led to widespread use of Corexit dispersant to break down crude oil. *(environmental_engineering)*
- Antiretroviral therapy has reduced HIV mortality in Uganda by 77% since 2004. *(public_health)*

## Used by
- [medicine](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-medicine.medical) (L20)

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