The last 200 years have served to specialists and doctors from around the world to work on new discoveries. They have helped save more lives and more effectively treat various kinds of illnesses, indicates MundoExtra.com portal.
A survey by the “British Medical Journal” (British Medical Journal in English) revealed a list of the most important medical discoveries of the last two centuries. The selection was made through an electronic vote, which took into account the relevance and impact in science, their achievements.
Some of the highlights were the discovery of DNA structure as well as antibiotics and the pill. Meet the most important according to a Spanish newspaper 20minutos.es list.
Anesthesia. It was designed with the intention of reducing pain sensation. This medical procedure was described by locking the “British Medical Journal” as “a symbol of humanity and civilization. It was discovered in 1842 when Dr. Crawford Williamson ether used during a surgical procedure. Over the years it has evolved and changed components.
Antibiotic. It is a chemical produced by a living being and is used to treat an infection caused by several types of germs. The term was first used in 1942.
Chlorpromazine: Neuroleptic drug; was discovered by Frenchman Paul Charpentier in 1950. It is commonly used as a tranquilizer and is prescribed in psychiatric medicine. Helps people with schizophrenia and those who have been diagnosed with Huntington.
Tissue culture. It is a technique based on placing a piece of plant in a container helped with artificial nutrient solutions and plant hormones to propagate in a sterile environment. This technique is owed the existence of several vaccines, such as preventing mumps, rubella, smallpox.
Discovery of DNA structure. James Watson and Francis Crick proposed in 1953 the double helix model of DNA to represent three-dimensional structure of the polymer. Since then, the human genome has allowed great progress in the study of hereditary diseases.
Contraceptive pill. Mexican scientist Luis Ernesto Miramontes was the inventor of this method of contraception in the year 1960. Hormone-based works and aims to alter the menstrual cycle to prevent ovulation and therefore conception.
X-ray. They were discovered by William Crookes in the nineteenth century. Telegraph.co.uk The English newspaper named him as the best invention of the modern era.
Germ theory. It proposes that microorganisms are the cause of many diseases. Their study in modern medicine is essential to develop antibiotics. Its discovery in the early twentieth century reduced the death rate of 30 to 4 percent.
Vaccines. Edward Jenner developed the first in the year 1796, to treat smallpox. They are based on a preparation of antigens that, once inside the body, causing the production of antibodies to defend the system of pathogenic microorganisms. Continue Reading »