HMED 3075 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: American Ophthalmological Society, Clinical Pathology, Ophthalmoscopy
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Lecture: medical practice in the early 20th century (guest lecturer: dr. peter kernahan) Joel howell, the clinical use of the x-ray machine . Physician charles l. leonard extolls the diagnostic virtues of the new x-ray. Editor of leading medical journal urges precautionary x-ray examinations, 1912. If they excel in a specific area they might focus on that. Specific training in that field or possibly a fellowship. Ex. radiologists may specialize in mri: disease-based. Ex. cardiologists specialize in the heart while dermatologists specialize in skin. Other reasons for medical specialization: academic research, market forces, social concerns/policy. Ex. pediatrics started when people realized that children shouldn"t receive medical care as if they are just smaller adults. Focus on specific organs: 2nd change was new technologies (paris) Autopsies became more common so physicians could follow the disease in the living person and if they died they could continue their studies. Anesthesia (1846)- came from the emerging germ theory.
