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the history of the medical industry.

References: http://www.civilwarpreservations.com/images/Museum/Medical160.jpg

above shows a picture of a civil war medical kit. In the civil war ways of operation and especially removing limbs was very gruesome

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/dreamanatomy/da_g_Z-1.html

above is a picture of the first x-ray ever taken. It was taken by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in Germany, on November 8 1895. It was a picture of his wifes hand and you can clearly see his wifes ring on her hand. This discovery lead to many advances in medical technology.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0932661.html

1896 was the first vaccine for the bacteria typhoid which usually contaminated water and milk. Some of the symptoms of Typhoid were severe headache, loss of appetite, fatigue, chills, and hallucinations.

Felix Hoffman develops aspirin in 1899. His father was having arthritis pain, Felix gave him this drug called aspirin, and it had great results. He went to the company Bayer where he worked and convinced them to put this on the market. It was patented February 27, 1900.

The industrial revolution raised the attention for germs and sanitation. The places needed to be safer and less germs needed to be present because too many people were getting sick.

http://americancivilwar.com/women/cb.html

Above is a picture of Clara Barton, during the civil war she opened up and agency to obtain and distribute supplies to wounded soldiers of both the North and the South. in 1881 she established the American Red Cross. Until she died she served as its director of the Red Cross. She was the youngest of 5 children and most of her education came from her two brothers and sisters. Her gift of nursing began at age 11 when she helped her brother David overcome a serious illness.

These medical advancements shown on this page are only some of the major medical advancements in history. These technologies have helped society in staying clean and hygenic. The vaccines have also saved lives from all of the different bacteria that has been found. there were also many important people in medical history that founded and invented things we still have today like the red cross and the x-ray.

http://www.UPMC.com/aboutUPMC/pages/default.aspx

UPMC is an 8 billion dollar global health enterprise, held in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is one of Western Pennsylvania's largest employers. It has 50,000 employee's. It has renowned many programs such as, transplantation, cancer, and neurosurgery. They are developing strategic business relationships with multinational corporations expanding into national markets including, Italy, Ireland, UK, Cyprus, and Qatar.

Questions:

1. When did the medical industry begin, and what were the technologies?

2. Who was Clara Barton?

3. How did the industrial revolution affect the medical industry?

4. How did aspirin affect the medical industry?

5. What do you think will happen to the medical industry in the future with all of the new advancements and technologies?