There are many different ways medical technology has progressed over the last one hundred years in Canada. The discovery of insulin helped doctors save many lives. The invention of the electron microscope changed the way scientists were able to view many different things including very small organisms. The invention of the external pacemaker saved many lives back in 1950, one of the inventors needed his own invention to save his life for some time. The discovery of the Cystic Fibrosis also helped with the progression in medical technology because doctors were able to learn so much more about the disease and how it works. When Sir Wilfrid Laurier predicted that “Canada shall be the star towards which all men who love progress and freedom shall
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The external pacemaker also further developed the invention of the internal pacemaker. The external pacemaker was invented by Wilfred G. Bigelow, John A. Hopps, and John C. Callaghan. There are people who were born with heart defects, and before the pacemaker was invented there was no treatment available. The pacemaker electronically helps the heart beat consistently with electronic pulses ( Robert Cutting, Page 31). It can also fix an irregular heartbeat, and restart a stopped heart (Robert Cutting, Page 31). The prototype that the doctors created was the base for the pacemaker we use today. ( Robert Cutting, Page 32). The first external pacemaker was big and bulky, and it had to be plugged into the wall in order for it to work ( Robert Cutting, Page 30). One of the inventors of the pacemaker said, “The evolution of the small implantable modern pacemaker is unique in the annals of medical technology. It is a story of remarkable collaboration from the beginning between medicine and bioengineering” (Dr. Wilfred G.Bigelow). There are more than 10,000 people in Canada who need to be implanted with a pacemaker every year (McMaster University." "High Tech" Pacemaker). Around the world, there are 300,000 people a year who are implanted and rely on a pacemaker ( Robert Cutting, Page 33). The pacemaker helped people with defects live their lives normally. …show more content…
Cystic Fibrosis was discovered by Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui, Manuel Buchwald and Jack Riordan. Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease, and it is estimated that one in every 3,600 children born in Canada will have Cystic Fibrosis (Cystic Fibrosis Canada). After the gene was discovered doctors were able to start mutilating the gene, and finding more out about it (25 Years Later: The Impact of the Cystic Fibrosis Gene Discovery). As of today, there still is no cure for Cystic Fibrosis. Since the discovery of the gene, doctors have been trying to to create effective therapies to treat Cystic Fibrosis. One of the doctors who works at the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, and studies the cystic fibrosis gene said, “Finding the gene opened the door to unprecedented knowledge of the disease. After its discovery we were able to study and understand how the protein made by the CFTR gene worked and what happened when it didn’t, Once we figured this out, therapy that targeted defects caused by CF gene mutations could begin” (Doctor Christine Bear). The discovery of the Cystic Fibrosis gene has helped the doctors learn much more about the disease and hopefully will help them find a cure to Cystic Fibrosis in the
The external pacemaker also further developed the invention of the internal pacemaker. The external pacemaker was invented by Wilfred G. Bigelow, John A. Hopps, and John C. Callaghan. There are people who were born with heart defects, and before the pacemaker was invented there was no treatment available. The pacemaker electronically helps the heart beat consistently with electronic pulses ( Robert Cutting, Page 31). It can also fix an irregular heartbeat, and restart a stopped heart (Robert Cutting, Page 31). The prototype that the doctors created was the base for the pacemaker we use today. ( Robert Cutting, Page 32). The first external pacemaker was big and bulky, and it had to be plugged into the wall in order for it to work ( Robert Cutting, Page 30). One of the inventors of the pacemaker said, “The evolution of the small implantable modern pacemaker is unique in the annals of medical technology. It is a story of remarkable collaboration from the beginning between medicine and bioengineering” (Dr. Wilfred G.Bigelow). There are more than 10,000 people in Canada who need to be implanted with a pacemaker every year (McMaster University." "High Tech" Pacemaker). Around the world, there are 300,000 people a year who are implanted and rely on a pacemaker ( Robert Cutting, Page 33). The pacemaker helped people with defects live their lives normally. …show more content…
Cystic Fibrosis was discovered by Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui, Manuel Buchwald and Jack Riordan. Cystic Fibrosis is a genetic disease, and it is estimated that one in every 3,600 children born in Canada will have Cystic Fibrosis (Cystic Fibrosis Canada). After the gene was discovered doctors were able to start mutilating the gene, and finding more out about it (25 Years Later: The Impact of the Cystic Fibrosis Gene Discovery). As of today, there still is no cure for Cystic Fibrosis. Since the discovery of the gene, doctors have been trying to to create effective therapies to treat Cystic Fibrosis. One of the doctors who works at the Sick Kids Hospital in Toronto, and studies the cystic fibrosis gene said, “Finding the gene opened the door to unprecedented knowledge of the disease. After its discovery we were able to study and understand how the protein made by the CFTR gene worked and what happened when it didn’t, Once we figured this out, therapy that targeted defects caused by CF gene mutations could begin” (Doctor Christine Bear). The discovery of the Cystic Fibrosis gene has helped the doctors learn much more about the disease and hopefully will help them find a cure to Cystic Fibrosis in the