Over the course of the last 200 years medical equipment/technology has leaped forward into the advanced machinery we know today. I will be focusing on the changes that occurred during the golden age…also known as the industrial revolution. Medicine in the 1800s was a scary affair that largely consisted of chance; the most common treatments consisted of bleeding/ leaches and prayer. Yet in 19th century medicine developed into a service that would be recognisable to a citizen of our time; the question is what triggered this colossus change. In the late 1700s Britain’s population was around six million however in a few short years this number had expanded to nine million. The huge growth in numbers presented huge problems that were
