Ethics
Medicine – Part Ten
At last we reach the end of our little sojourn through the history of medicine. We have come a long way from drilling holes in people’s heads and whipping ourselves to drive off the plague [more…]
Health
20th Century
Medicine – Part Nine
A great deal of medical progress in the 20th Century, you will be unsurprised to hear, was driven by warfare. In 1900 Karl Landsteiner classified blood in to three groups, O, A and B. Alfred von [more…]
Health
Diabetes – a personal journey
Diabetes and Politics Theresa May and Diane Abbott both have diabetes. May has publicly stated that she has Type 1 which means she has been managing it from a child. She injects 5 times a [more…]
19th Century
Medicine – Part Eight
From around the 1750s the process known as the industrial revolution was taking shape. This brought new innovations and technologies, but also brought new challenges. The telegraph and railways expanded communications and transport. Improved production [more…]
Health
Medicine – Part Seven
As we saw previously the foundations for the Renaissance were laid during the Middle Ages. The Renaissance was a process, not an event, so it is hard to pin down exactly when it started. Some [more…]
Health
Medicine – Part Six
The West As mentioned previously, technology and cultures can regress over time as well as progress. The Roman Empire in the west fell, whether quickly or gradually is debateable. What isn’t is that Rome ceased [more…]
Engineering
Medicine – Part Five
Something that many people do not realise is that cultures, technology, science and learning can go backwards as well as forwards. Just as you can have progression, you can also have regression. Although the way [more…]
Health
NHS in Crisis
An acute shortage of basic medical supplies has left the NHS ‘close to breaking point’. NHS Managers and campaigners have revealed that only one week’s supply of basic necessities such as sick bags and Milk [more…]
Engineering
Medicine – Part Four
The Romans were on the rise as an expansionist force from around the 3rd Century BC, and cut a bloody swathe across the Mediterranean. The Ancient Roman Empire, at its height, stretched from Hadrian’s Wall [more…]