What is the difference between surgery and internal medicine?

In essence, although both internal medicine and surgery belong to the category of medicine, even though they have so many similarities, their work nature and the thinking mode of internal surgeons are quite different.

Internal medicine is generally treated with drugs, and surgery is generally treated with surgery.

Non-mechanical injury of thoracic and abdominal organs should be found in internal medicine; Mechanical injury of muscles, bones and ligaments, wound infection, seeking surgery.

Internal medicine is generally divided into: cardiology, neurology, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, nephrology, endocrinology and rheumatism; Surgery is divided into: cardiothoracic surgery (some hospitals are divided into thoracic surgery and cardiac surgery), neurosurgery, general surgery (including abdominal surgery, breast surgery, thyroid surgery and vascular surgery), urology, orthopedics, burn plastic surgery and pediatric surgery (also in the category of pediatrics).