What the Greatest Medical Breakthrough

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2007, 12:25 AM

The British Journal of Medicine was launched 166 years ago. they are doing a poll to determine the greatest medical breakthrough in the last ...you guessed it...166 years. I'd say that period incorporates pretty much all of modern medical science.

Anyway, readers submitted suggestions and they have pared it down to a list of 15, they think are the biggest and bestest.
What do you think?

Beestie · 01-14-2007, 12:29 AM

Antibiotics.

WabUfvot5 · 01-14-2007, 12:45 AM

Nurse call buttons.

01-14-2007, 02:25 AM

Based on my breakfast... I can tell you its not the damn food!

Flint · 01-14-2007, 07:14 AM

You forgot to copy the link:

http://www.surveymk.com/Users/728700...COPY_THIS_LINK

Damn truncated url ruined my joke. It says "&DO_NOT_COPY_THIS_LINK"

xoxoxoBruce · 01-14-2007, 09:50 AM

After pondering this a bit, I'm going with Germ Theory.
The discovery, proof and general acceptance that no, your leg is not rotting off because of a magic spell / offending the leg god / not sacrficing your goat.
The correlation of cause & effect;
1- Made them look for causes for every condition.
2- Discover cures for as many conditions as they can.
3- Probably most important, establish methods of prevention.

Clodfobble · 01-14-2007, 09:53 AM

How are they differentiating Immunology and Vaccines?

I voted Antibiotics, because it's the closest we've ever come to discovering a "magic pill" to cure something.

Pie · 01-14-2007, 10:18 AM

Evidence based medicine -- from that, everything else follows.

Spexxvet · 01-14-2007, 04:18 PM

I went with sanitation, assuming that it would include sterilization.

footfootfoot · 01-14-2007, 04:47 PM

Evidence based medicine or Germ Theory. I went with germ theory figuring that while antibiotics are great, you wouldn't have bothered w/ them if you thought evil vapours caused your syphilis... As for evidence based medicine:
"if she weighs the same as a duck, then she's made of wood, and therefore a witch..." There's your evidence.

01-14-2007, 06:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pie

Evidence based medicine -- from that, everything else follows.

S-what I voted for.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-19-2007, 11:10 PM

Antibiotics and Sanitation are tied at 4 each, with Germ Theory next at 3, Evidence based medicine at 2 and Vaccines 1. Not that big a spread, really.

But nobody went for Anesthesia, Chlorpromazine, Computers, DNA, Imaging,
Immunology, Oral rehydration therapy, The Pill, Risks of smoking, or Tissue Culture.

I have a feeling the DNA and maybe Computers would score better 10 years from now, but they haven't reached their importance potential yet.

Thanks everyone.

yesman065 · 01-20-2007, 01:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Evidence based medicine "if she weighs the same as a duck, then she's made of wood, and therefore a witch..." There's your evidence.

LMAO !! !! Hall of fame material!

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

Flintstones vitamins.

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

01-14-2007, 12:25 AM	#1
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What the Greatest Medical Breakthrough The British Journal of Medicine was launched 166 years ago. they are doing a poll to determine the greatest medical breakthrough in the last ...you guessed it...166 years. I'd say that period incorporates pretty much all of modern medical science. Anyway, readers submitted suggestions and they have pared it down to a list of 15, they think are the biggest and bestest. What do you think? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 01-14-2007 at 12:32 AM.

01-14-2007, 12:29 AM	#2
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Antibiotics. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

01-14-2007, 07:14 AM	#5
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	You forgot to copy the link: http://www.surveymk.com/Users/728700...COPY_THIS_LINK Damn truncated url ruined my joke. It says "&DO_NOT_COPY_THIS_LINK" __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

01-14-2007, 09:50 AM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	After pondering this a bit, I'm going with Germ Theory. The discovery, proof and general acceptance that no, your leg is not rotting off because of a magic spell / offending the leg god / not sacrficing your goat. The correlation of cause & effect; 1- Made them look for causes for every condition. 2- Discover cures for as many conditions as they can. 3- Probably most important, establish methods of prevention. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-14-2007, 12:45 AM	#3
WabUfvot5 Operations Operative Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 634	Nurse call buttons.

01-14-2007, 02:25 AM	#4
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	Based on my breakfast... I can tell you its not the damn food!

01-14-2007, 09:53 AM	#7
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	How are they differentiating Immunology and Vaccines? I voted Antibiotics, because it's the closest we've ever come to discovering a "magic pill" to cure something.

01-14-2007, 10:18 AM	#8
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Evidence based medicine -- from that, everything else follows. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

01-14-2007, 04:18 PM	#9
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	I went with sanitation, assuming that it would include sterilization. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

01-14-2007, 04:47 PM	#10
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Evidence based medicine or Germ Theory. I went with germ theory figuring that while antibiotics are great, you wouldn't have bothered w/ them if you thought evil vapours caused your syphilis... As for evidence based medicine: "if she weighs the same as a duck, then she's made of wood, and therefore a witch..." There's your evidence. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

01-19-2007, 11:10 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Antibiotics and Sanitation are tied at 4 each, with Germ Theory next at 3, Evidence based medicine at 2 and Vaccines 1. Not that big a spread, really. But nobody went for Anesthesia, Chlorpromazine, Computers, DNA, Imaging, Immunology, Oral rehydration therapy, The Pill, Risks of smoking, or Tissue Culture. I have a feeling the DNA and maybe Computers would score better 10 years from now, but they haven't reached their importance potential yet. Thanks everyone. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-21-2007, 10:25 PM	#14
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

01-22-2007, 05:52 AM	#15
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