8000 B.C.Primitive Brain Surgery

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crane-trepanation-img_0507_crop.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prosthetic_toe.jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ancient_Egyptian_medical_instruments.jpg

2000 B.C.EgyptianMedicine:Mummification, Surgery,Prosthetics, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Pont_du_gard.jpg

300 B.C.RomanAqueducts:Hygiene & Sanitation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harold_dead_bayeux_tapestry.png

1066 A.D.MiddleAges:Crude Surgery(Especially in relation to war)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vitruvian.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Studies_of_the_Arm_showing_the_Movements_made_by_the_Biceps.jpg

1488 A.D.The Renaissance:Human Anatomy

section source: http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=3824http://protomag.com/statics/SP_09_gty_RM_82581339_a_hz.jpg?1242887355http://blog.lib.umn.edu/trite001/pstl1082anatomy/154IronLungExterior.jpg

1908First ElectrocardiographMachine

1927First Modern, PracticalRespirator

http://www.hrsonline.org/News/ep-history/timeline/images/Fig10Lg_1.jpghttp://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/obituaries/articles/2009/02/16/willem_j_kolff_at_97_dutch_inventor_of_artificial_heart_and_organs/

1930’sArtificial PacemakerInvented

1945First KidneyDialysis Machine

http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/File:Pacemaker2.jpghttp://ats.ctsnetjournals.org/cgi/content/full/76/6/S2188/FIG2

1952First SuccessfulCardiac Pacemaker

1953First SuccessfulOpen HeartBypass Surgery

http://www.mediresource.com/HealthNews/images/English/LT2_3.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emi1010.jpg

Late 1970’sArthroscopeIntroduced

1972CAT/CT-Scan isIntroduced

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2009_niams_oai_hi.jpghttps://ckm.osu.edu/sitetool/sites/ophthalmologypublic/images/lasik/LASIK_laser.jpg

1981MRI ScannerIntroduced

1987First Laser SurgeryOn A Human Cornea

This section source (from Stem cell on: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_medicine_and_medical_technologyhttp://patentdocs.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/19/human_genome_project_hgp.jpghttp://stemcells.nih.gov/info/2006report/2006Chapter4.htm

1990Human GenomeProject

1998Stem CellTherapy

http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/1550000/images/_1552211_robot-surgery300.jpghttp://images.gizmag.com/hero/argus-retinal-implant.jpg

2001Telesurgery

2007Visual Prosthetic(Bionic Eye)

http://www.llns.com/?p=1086

TRENDS >>>MobileDigitalDevices

http://blog.soliant.com/wp-content/uploads/video_windows_telemedicine.jpg

TRENDS >>>Telemedicine

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elliot_Tiber_editing_Wikipedia.jpg

TRENDS >>>PatientKnowledge

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turkish_pediatrician_listens_to_a_childs_heartbeat_in_Afghanistan.jpg

TRENDS >>>Convergence

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