Surgery: A Groundbreaking Medical Advancement of all Time

Robotic Surgery Robots are used in everyday life. They are in cars, our houses, and many places we do not care to notice, as they have become a necessity for daily living. Advancements have been made, that allow for robots to be used in surgery. Robotic surgery is relatively new to the medical industry and it is often underrated. Robotic surgery offers greater efficiency, and utility than that provided through traditional surgical methods. The most traditional and common way of performing surgery is laparoscopically

The “Hidden Life” behind the Zika Virus As a pharmacy major, this semester I took the class medical microbiology. As we talked about different diseases, we briefly touched on the history of some of the diseases and it made me very curious to learn more about how the history of medicine has shaped our world today. So, for this final paper I thought it would be a great way to explore more about world history, through the lens of medicine. For the past few months, the Zika Virus has been a “hot

The Medieval times were encompassed by years of both prosperity and conflict. During the first years of the Middle Ages, 8th century to 13th century, the Islamic Empire was at its peak, this time period was known as the Islamic Golden age. The Islamic empire didn’t have to worry about war or conflict, so it shifted its focus towards innovation, it flourished in various fields that included science, mathematics, astronomy, engineering, and medicine. This empire was home to one of the most influential

Developing Medical Field Shaped our Methods Today The world of medicine is a diverse and complex field. From treatments to diagnostics to technologies, medicine has a broad span of information. It had taken a tremendous amount of time for medicine to evolve. Medicine has gone through many hardships, difficulties, and obstacles in aiding civilizations throughout the years to become the developed practice we know today. Medicine in the ancient civilization is home to many of the first groundbreaking medical

Karly Meyer April 8, 2017 Cutting Edge Advancements to 19th Century Surgery Great Britain in the early 1800s was not the pleasant place we know today. There was garbage rotting on the streets, waste tossed out windows or into the River Thames, London’s supply of clean drinking water (or so they thought), and was unhealthily overpopulated due to the growth of industry caused by the invention of the steam engine. Especially in cities, households were tightly packed and overcrowded, allowing infectious

are bad. Nazis performed inhumane experiments on many people they deemed as “inferior”. The “Angel of Death” Josef Mengele was fascinated with twins and conducted many experiments on them because they were “natural controls”. In the 1930s, German medical schools led such experiments in eugenics and promoted the concept of the Aryan purity. Mengele performed experiments such as: blood transfusions between twins, stitched two twins together as conjoined twins, electric shock, exposing women to high

Aside from the beneficial effects it could have in the medical field it could be ground breaking to the recreational aspects of society sending humanity leaps and bounds into the future. Virtual reality will definitely completely change and dominate the economic and business landscape. The effects that virtual reality could have on the medical field leave even the brightest of minds speechless. The potential virtual reality holds for the medical field is unparalleled, this new technology changes previously

Animals are not only being tested on for makeup; they are also regularly used for cruel and extreme medical experiments. Although animal testing has created many medical advancements, it simultaneously degrades and causes harm to the helpless animals. Animals have been used repeatedly throughout the history of testing and research. Hajar, a member of Department of Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, states that, “Famous physicians-scientist, such as Aristotle, Erasistratus, and Galen have performed

Corpus and most have come to the conclusion that it was written by his students at his school(Durant 346). Regardless of the author, it contains Hippocrates teachings, including diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis, all of which methods were extremely cutting edge and new for its time. The Oath itself, which is found inside of the Corpus, pays respect to those who came before [the current doctor] and those who are to come after [the current doctor]. It also praises knowledge and the strive to always

better known as the part of the breast that makes milk. After a woman develops cancer, she is tested to determine what type of cancer she has and which treatment is best for her. Some treatments for cancer are surgery, hormonal therapy, immunotherapy and radiation. In the present day, surgery is nevertheless the best choice when dealing with breast cancer. It increases the rate of survive for breast cancer by removing the cancer cell from the breast. In recent studies, the number of women getting breast