apache Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 apparently going to the morgue before delivering babies was a bad idea... speaking out against only made you crazier, literally, Yay! Someone who knows their history of medicine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltowngirl33 Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 apparently going to the morgue before delivering babies was a bad idea... speaking out against only made you crazier, literally, Hehe aw poor Semmelweis... never got to see his legacy, and ended up insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AKY Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 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. It has actually changed throughout the years.. Originally the patient had a much greater say as much of the diagnosis was based on his/her description of symptoms.. This changed with developments in anatomy/pathology and the technology associated with it in the 18th/19th century.. As medicine has become more and more scientific and taken on more technology, it gets further and further away from the understanding of your average patient and it increases the disconnect in the relationship. Or so my History of Health Care course is teaching me ^^ Also with the other poster, I have to agree that anesthesia did transform surgery in a more dramatic way... However, Lister's ideas lead to a much higher chance of not contracting infection after surgery so it made surgery a much more viable form of intervention. Can you imagine that many people would be lining up for plastic surgery if a good chunk of the population was dieing from it or their faces were blowing up from infection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thisguy Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 I think Oral Rehydration Salts have saved more lives than any other medical advancement in history, including handwashing and penicillin, probably combined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itimebomb2 Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Sure, you can go for one of the obvious answers... or you can REALLY impress the adjudicators and bring up a recent advancement - skin cells, pushed back to progenitor stem cells - possible cure for leukemias and possibly many other diseases: http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=7045 I've already heard three MDs at Mac claim that they believe this research will win a Nobel prize in medicine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltowngirl33 Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 As medicine has become more and more scientific and taken on more technology, it gets further and further away from the understanding of your average patient and it increases the disconnect in the relationship You raise an interesting point. Actually, the Knidians (which were kind of like the rivals of Hippocrates and his holistic view) tended to take the focus away from the patient and more on the disease. This was at a time with very limited knowledge concerning pathology/anatomy/Etc. Their school of thought was essentially overpowered by Hippocrates and his focus on patient care. You seem to argue that we actually are aiding with the Knidians school of medicine and I think you have a far argument! However, I don't think the patient-physician relationship has been phased out. There are still aspects of medicine which tend to rely on this relationship. I guess one interesting question would be why do medical students recite the Hippocratic oath if his influence in medicine is disappearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalltowngirl33 Posted December 9, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 Sure, you can go for one of the obvious answers... or you can REALLY impress the adjudicators and bring up a recent advancement - skin cells, pushed back to progenitor stem cells - possible cure for leukemias and possibly many other diseases: http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=7045 I've already heard three MDs at Mac claim that they believe this research will win a Nobel prize in medicine. I read your post:) but I guess it depends how the question is worded. The treatments you have mentioned are possible treatments and the question I asked in my post was "what was/is the most significant contribution in modern medicine?" how can you make an argument for something without supporting it's efficacy? It has not cured anything yet, it is just a possibility. Just wondering how one might make a case for what you are suggesting. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted December 9, 2010 Report Share Posted December 9, 2010 haha, i know eh, i must be like anti-doctor then, i wanna see style in an interview, i already know you have a 3.7+ gpa in molecular biology, id prefer to hear an interesting story, not feel like im audiobooking a paper out of science I read your post:) but I guess it depends how the question is worded. The treatments you have mentioned are possible treatments and the question I asked in my post was "what was/is the most significant contribution in modern medicine?" how can you make an argument for something without supporting it's efficacy? It has not cured anything yet, it is just a possibility. Just wondering how one might make a case for what you are suggesting. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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