smalltowngirl33 Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Title explains it all Please support your answers with explanation. And... go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Borborygmi Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 How do you define 'modern'? I would say aseptic technique. I don't want to participate in this whole 'supporting evidence' thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex2 Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Vaccination It eradicated many diseases and save a lot of lifes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebouque Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Antibiotics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 VaccinationIt eradicated many diseases and save a lot of lifes. Vaccination has only eradicated 2 diseases (rinderpest and smallpox). I wouldn't consider that to be "many". But I get your meaning if you don't define eradication in the true sense of the term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKY Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Not sure what is modern in your view, but... 19th Century= Germ Theory which led (and was a product of) to Antisepsis/Asepsis. This caught on in late 19th/early 20th Century, and it was a major factor in transforming hospitals to how we know them today, in allowing all sorts of surgical procedures to be possible, a factor in transforming nursing in the early 20th century, creation of antibiotics, good hygiene, etc. Germ Theory also led to the discovery of DNA.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hking03 Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Not sure what is modern in your view, but... 19th Century= Germ Theory which led (and was a product of) to Antisepsis/Asepsis. This caught on in late 19th/early 20th Century, and it was a major factor in transforming hospitals to how we know them today, in allowing all sorts of surgical procedures to be possible, a factor in transforming nursing in the early 20th century, creation of antibiotics, good hygiene, etc. Germ Theory also led to the discovery of DNA.. germ theory for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apixaban85 Posted December 7, 2010 Report Share Posted December 7, 2010 Antibiotics Was coming here to say Penicillin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Not sure what is modern in your view, but... 19th Century= Germ Theory which led (and was a product of) to Antisepsis/Asepsis. This caught on in late 19th/early 20th Century, and it was a major factor in transforming hospitals to how we know them today, in allowing all sorts of surgical procedures to be possible, a factor in transforming nursing in the early 20th century, creation of antibiotics, good hygiene, etc. Germ Theory also led to the discovery of DNA.. germ theory for the win! +1, its sad that despite my health sciences background I cant remember hearing about this theory before... Also, anesthesia and blood transfusions were really impt breakthroughs in my eyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltowngirl33 Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 How do you define 'modern'? I would say aseptic technique. I don't want to participate in this whole 'supporting evidence' thing. Modern medicine is medicine as we know it today, in terms of allopathic or western medicine. I wanted to make this thread distinct from alternative medicine. Throughout the course of medicine, some therapies were thought to be beneficial at the time but have (in the last hundred or so years) been proven to be ineffective. That is the only reason why I wrote in "modern medicine." P.S. I think that anesthesia was a great contribution. Before it was used in surgical operations, surgeons were thought of horribly! The patients didn't want to go to see them. Who would want to have an amputation and feel that pain? You would nearly scream to death, or die of shock. Today we are able to have life saving operations, without anesthesia these would essentially be nonexistent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloh Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Antibiotics There's really no competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp.mylittlepwny Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Hand Washing! seriously Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mm88 Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Here's something no one would say - radiation sciences! 1. Cancer treatment - one of the few proven treatments available. 2. Medical imaging - Xrays, CAT scans, and MRI make for much faster and potentially more accurate diagnosis (assuming you're not on a waitlist to get one). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A-Stark Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Vaccination has only eradicated 2 diseases (rinderpest and smallpox). I wouldn't consider that to be "many". But I get your meaning if you don't define eradication in the true sense of the term. Oh? How many cases of polio have there been in Canada recently? And it's quite right that the development of anesthesia is what gave rise to the feasibility and expansion of surgery, not asepsis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Oh? How many cases of polio have there been in Canada recently? And it's quite right that the development of anesthesia is what gave rise to the feasibility and expansion of surgery, not asepsis. the poster was being overly picky - there are actually still cases of polio in the world so the disease is not technically erradicated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medaholic Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 probably in order of importance Aspectic technique Antibiotics Vaccines Anesthesia --> birth of modern surgery Xray/imaging --> diagnostic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltowngirl33 Posted December 8, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 K, this is more of an abstract answer, but what about the patient-physician relationship? It has withstood the test of time, originating in the days of Hippocrates, and is still relevant today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RN2MD Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 viagra? just kidding. i'd say anesthesia is pretty high up there. on a personal note, i'd have to say......vp shunts save lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMaverick Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Think I'm going to have to go with....me. Focus: Germ theory - and there's really no debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thatonekid Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Oh? How many cases of polio have there been in Canada recently? And it's quite right that the development of anesthesia is what gave rise to the feasibility and expansion of surgery, not asepsis. the poster was being overly picky - there are actually still cases of polio in the world so the disease is not technically erradicated Yeah, I was just being difficult. It's been hard-wired into my brain that the term eradication shouldn't be used except for smallpox or rinderpest. Although I guess the profs in my program should be happy that I learned something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codebar Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 The most significant contribution is... waste collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhD_Candidate_2011 Posted December 8, 2010 Report Share Posted December 8, 2010 Not sure what your definition of "modern" is....but I'd say the invention of eye glasses.....think of the positive impact they've had on society as a whole....it's the next best thing to the opposable thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Semmelweis and hand-washing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Contraception Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltowngirl33 Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Semmelweis and hand-washing! Yay! Someone who knows their history of medicine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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