Every day, physicians perform surgical procedures like angioplasty, joint replacements etc followed by a thorough screening report coming through CT scan, X-rays, MRI’s etc. Ever wondered how do they accomplish this task? This is possible only because of ‘medical technology’. The term medical technology can be used to refer to the procedures, equipment, and processes by which medical care is delivered. This article tries to find the history behind medical technology.
In the early beginning of mankind, the disease was viewed with mystery and was a common occurrence that claimed many lives. It was thought that disease was caused by the negative interaction between environmental elements and body fluids. Poor health was considered a physical, social, or personal deficiency within the patient or the environment in which the patient lived. Hippocrates and Galen were the first documented…
