Science and Technology in Medicine

Science and Technology in Medicine

1. The scientific revolution as a result of the Renaissance

   • Establishment of the Royal Society to discuss scientific knowledge

2. The work of William Harvey

   • The development of microscopes from 1700s onward

3. Louis Pasteur and the Germ Theory 1861

   • Robert Koch applying this to humans
     • Development of magic bullets and penicillin
       • Drug use in modern medicine

4. Discovery of X-Rays in 1895

   • Use of X-Ray machines in WW1
     • Modern development of CAT and MRI scans

5. Improvements in surgery

   • Lister
   • Snow and the chloroform inhaler
   • Modern aseptic surgery
   • Transplant surgery

6. Discovery of DNA in 1953

   • Possibility of genetic engineering in the future