changes i n m edical technology

Changes In Medical Technology

By Tyrone Hettig

The Black Plague

• The black plague originally came from China

• the plague continued to return to Europe every few years to the end of the 15th century

• Doctors wore masks and suits to protect them from the plague.

• The last person to die in the plague was Professor Malcolm Casadaban

Professor Malcolm Cassadaban

• The only person who found the cause of the plague was Alexander Yersin

ALEXANDRE YERSIN

PROGRESS IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

X-rays

• The x-ray was discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in the year 1895.

WILHELM CONRAD ROENTGEN

• X-rays are called x-rays because of it’s unknown nature.

• X-rays help doctors view the inside of a body.

• An x-ray is also good for finding weak spots in metals

IMMUNISATION

• Immunisation is an act of immune.

• Immunisation wipes out diseases.

Immunisation protects people against harmful infections.

• Immunisation takes around 2 weeks to work.

MRI MACHINE

Raymond Vahan was the inventor of the MRI Machine.

• MRI Machines are very powerful tools.

• MRI Machines were developed in the 1980’s