Medicine has made leaps and bounds from the backwards bloodletting, voodoo powder, witch doctor ways of centuries past. Even the various types medicine practiced during the industrial revolution and on, where doctors were nothing more than glorified surgeons, whose only purpose to hack off limbs willy nilly and pile them up till they reached the cieling of his tent. the true idea of modern medicine evolved directly from the accidental discovery of penicillan during WWII. That is when medicine took a noticable turn in the direction of caring for the patient with actual conviction. Up until this point medicine had been mostly guestwork and hope. After the discovery of the first anti-biotic medicine became a hard science instead of a soft one.
After Penicillan, modern medicine took shape in concrete research and serious methods of practicing medicine which showed results. Serious modern medicine entails scientific results and concrete findings for the betterment of the patient, and for those reasons modern medicine is seriously about helping the patient.
i find it hard to believe that people a couple hundred years ago had no cure for most things. If they got an infection in their arm or something, they would have to get it amputated. That really stinks.
ReplyDeleteFinally, after all this time, medicine is made in hope to actually help someone. Instead of just giving someone treatment that hopefully works, doctors have done tests to prove the treatment is successful.
ReplyDeleteMatt- can you think of any instances where modern medicine might fall short of providing the patients whatever it is they might need?
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