¹ We have defined international medical law as the body of international law regulations applicable to doctors, medical personnel, the wounded and the sick. International humanitarian law is construed by us to mean the whole body of international law regulations affecting persons in distress. These two branches have much in common, such as the provisions of the Geneva Conventions relating to the wounded and the sick. International medical law does however have a field of its own, which covers, for example, the legal status of medicine internationally, whilst the status of prisoners of war or civilian populations in time of war, apart from such considerations as hygiene, health and the exercise of the medical profession, come within the scope of international humanitarian law.