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HTML

<div id="menu">

</div>

JavaScript

var json = '[{"v":"General Medicine"},{"v":"Laboratory"}]';

    var templ = '<option value="#{el}">#{el}</option>';

    var options = JSON.parse(json).map(function (el) {
      return templ.replace('#{el}', el.v, 'g');
    }).join('');
    
    var select = '<select>' + options + '</select>';
    document.getElementById('menu').insertAdjacentHTML('beforeend', select);