“Just sign here” Kerching! Duped by the Pharmacist We are constantly facing depleted NHS resources based on funding not keeping pace with what needs to be spent. Today I discovered a drain on NHS money [more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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