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Medicine (Medieval (Reasons for little change (War, lack of resources,…
Medicine
Medieval
Improvement
Crusades to the Middle East meant meeting Muslim doctors that were significantly more advanced than British ones.
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Only minor surgery performed, such as bleeding
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Modern
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X-rays, made more portable and less harmful due to a lower dosage of harmful rays. Many were manufactured.
Blood transfusions
In the renaissance, Harvey proved blood circulates and this encouraged experiment with transfusions.
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Blood groups were discovered in 1901 by Karl Landsteiner. The discovery made transfusions successful.
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The search began for a better method of storage and transfusion. Doctors discovered how blood can be
bottled, packed in ice and stored where it was needed. This discovery helped to save many lives.
Penicillin
1 Fleming discovered mold killed germs. Writes articles but publishes them in book with an obscure name.
2 Chain and Florey begin research in Oxford after reading an article by Fleming. They experiment with mice.
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5 Enough penicillin is produced to treat all the allied forces wounded in the D-Day invasion of Europe.