Top 20 Most important Medical Developments
TOP 20 MOST IMPORTANT MEDICAL DEVELOPMENTS 1 ANTIBIOTICS: While Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming made the initial discovery of penicillin in 1928 and further antibiotic discoveries were made in the 1940s, the medical application and further development of antibiotics really took off in the 1960s. This has resulted in dramatic declines in death rates and serious illhealth arising from infection. 2. VACCINATION: the development of vaccines against a range of infectious diseases including small pox (which was eradicated as a result of vaccination in 1977), polio and hepatitis B has resulted in a major shift towards disease prevention. 3. IMAGING: the development of CT and MRI scanning revolutionised the manner in which the body can be scanned in order to detect disease (i.e. cancer) and inform treatment in a range of disease areas. The University of Aberdeen conducted the first clinical whole-body MRI scan in the world in August 1980. 4. ANTI-TB ...