2.4 Medical Science
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. – Hippocrates (460-377 BC), the ancient Greek physician – considered as one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine and, often referred to as the ‘Father of Medicine’
Visualize a chip that is implemented in the brain, which processes images from an artificial retina grafted in the eye and restores the vision of a blind person. Visualize a skin-laminated plastic electronics small enough and flexible enough to bend with the skin is used for medical diagnostic sensor that can monitor nerve and muscle activity and then connect the physical world and the cyber world in a very natural way that one can feel very comfortable with. Or visualize a nanoparticle that is packed in a pharmacy which can deliver …show more content…
It provides explanations, among others, for birth, death, and disease. The function of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain and to postpone death when it is important to do so. Science and technology have been supporting these goals. The medical treatment themselves many not 'cure' the condition, but do restore the body's self-healing ability. An ideal medicine cures the condition in a speedy, gentle and sustainable way and restores health with least side effects. Human started using plants as healing agents as far back as 25,000 BC. Over generations, with trial and error, a small knowledge base has since been grown to a full-blown sanatorium. A brief history of medical science on time-line would throw some light on the medical milestones as well as on the mysteries of the human body:
2750 BC – In Egypt, the earliest known surgery
2600 BC – In Egypt, Imhotep describes diagnosis and treatment of 200 diseases
2596 BC – In China, Huangdi Neijing an ancient Chinese medical text that is still followed today
1500 BC – In Greece, Saffron was used as a
It is more important to know what sort of person has a disease than to know what sort of disease a person has. – Hippocrates (460-377 BC), the ancient Greek physician – considered as one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine and, often referred to as the ‘Father of Medicine’
Visualize a chip that is implemented in the brain, which processes images from an artificial retina grafted in the eye and restores the vision of a blind person. Visualize a skin-laminated plastic electronics small enough and flexible enough to bend with the skin is used for medical diagnostic sensor that can monitor nerve and muscle activity and then connect the physical world and the cyber world in a very natural way that one can feel very comfortable with. Or visualize a nanoparticle that is packed in a pharmacy which can deliver …show more content…
It provides explanations, among others, for birth, death, and disease. The function of medicine is to prevent significant disease, to decrease pain and to postpone death when it is important to do so. Science and technology have been supporting these goals. The medical treatment themselves many not 'cure' the condition, but do restore the body's self-healing ability. An ideal medicine cures the condition in a speedy, gentle and sustainable way and restores health with least side effects. Human started using plants as healing agents as far back as 25,000 BC. Over generations, with trial and error, a small knowledge base has since been grown to a full-blown sanatorium. A brief history of medical science on time-line would throw some light on the medical milestones as well as on the mysteries of the human body:
2750 BC – In Egypt, the earliest known surgery
2600 BC – In Egypt, Imhotep describes diagnosis and treatment of 200 diseases
2596 BC – In China, Huangdi Neijing an ancient Chinese medical text that is still followed today
1500 BC – In Greece, Saffron was used as a