January
12

What is the greatest medical milestone?

Posted In: Medical by Andy at 6:55 am

BBC News informs us that the British Medical Journal is launching a competition to decide the greatest medical breakthrough. You can vote at the article choosing one of the categories. The categories are:

Anaesthesia, Antibiotics,Chlorpromazine, Computers, DNA, Evidence based medicine, Germ theory, Imaging, Immunology, Oral rehydration therapy, The Pill, The Risks of smoking, Sanitation, Tissue culture, Vaccines

Below is a drawing showing the chloroform inhaler developed by John Snow in the 1850s.
Chloroform Inhaler

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