What the Greatest Medical Breakthrough

wolf · 01-21-2007, 10:25 PM

I gotta go with anesthesia, medical imaging second. Surgery as we know it today would not be possible without it.

Perry Winkle · 01-22-2007, 05:52 AM

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melidasaur · 01-23-2007, 12:51 PM

I thought about this for awhile - and I have to say that antibiotics are one of those things that probably would have gotten my vote 10 years ago, but now with all sorts of resistant strains of bacteria, I'm really not sure about their value at times.

My vote was for vaccinations, but my real opinion at the moment is for ZiCam and Airborne - I am fighting off a cold and so far so good

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wolf · 01-23-2007, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by grant

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monster · 01-24-2007, 07:33 AM

Well germ theory led to the development of the ideas of hygeine and antibiotics, so that's really the clear winner here. I'd like to give an honorable mention to vaccines -another extension- because in order for people to benefit from most medical technology, they need to get through childhood, and vaccinations against measles, smallpox, Tb etc have played a huge part in this, and continue to do so. Although measles is still one of the two biggest childhood killers in Africa .

Perhaps we should add charitable donations/financial support as an option?

View Poll Results: What is the greatest medical milestone in the last 166 years?
Anaesthesia	2	7.69%
Antibiotics	5	19.23%
Chlorpromazine	0	0%
Computers	3	11.54%
DNA	0	0%
Evidence based medicine	2	7.69%
Germ theory	6	23.08%
Imaging	0	0%
Immunology	0	0%
Oral rehydration therapy	0	0%
The Pill. Yeah that pill	1	3.85%
Risks of smoking	0	0%
Sanitation	5	19.23%
Tissue culture	0	0%
Vaccines	2	7.69%
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

01-21-2007, 10:25 PM	#1
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I gotta go with anesthesia, medical imaging second. Surgery as we know it today would not be possible without it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-23-2007, 12:51 PM	#3
melidasaur Traded your soul for pogs. Join Date: May 2004 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 646	I thought about this for awhile - and I have to say that antibiotics are one of those things that probably would have gotten my vote 10 years ago, but now with all sorts of resistant strains of bacteria, I'm really not sure about their value at times. My vote was for vaccinations, but my real opinion at the moment is for ZiCam and Airborne - I am fighting off a cold and so far so good . __________________ I love England, what can I say?

01-24-2007, 07:33 AM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Well germ theory led to the development of the ideas of hygeine and antibiotics, so that's really the clear winner here. I'd like to give an honorable mention to vaccines -another extension- because in order for people to benefit from most medical technology, they need to get through childhood, and vaccinations against measles, smallpox, Tb etc have played a huge part in this, and continue to do so. Although measles is still one of the two biggest childhood killers in Africa . Perhaps we should add charitable donations/financial support as an option? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-22-2007, 05:52 AM	#2
Perry Winkle Esnohplad Semaj Ton Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 2,259	Flintstones vitamins.

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