Sunday, June 17, 2018

Medieval Medicine

I often find myself shocked by some medical procedures done by doctors and surgeons in this day and age. With the technological revolution in full stride it seems that doctors and medical institutions still use archaic methods to heal people. 

I think that having metal rods sticking out of your leg to hold the bone together for 6 months seems like a technique that was used in the dark ages.  Using a hollow metal pin that breaks the skin to inject medication or to draw blood also seems like a method that was invented before modern medicine was introduced to society. 

Using pins, metal rods, scalpels, nails, screws, pliers, and other metal implements you would find in a mechanics shop should not be used on the human body. We should be past that by now and be using more sophisticated methods. 

There are scientists out there that can reprogram viruses to seek out and find diseases and eradicate them.  I believe this is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the evolution of this medical practice, eventually they will be able to send in a troop of nano bots that live harmlessly within your body awaiting orders. 

 You would swallow a pill that would be like the nano bots receiving a coded message that would give them instructions to seek out and repair specific problems, they could repair broken bones, remove tumors, kill cancer, and could cure any disease known to man.  Scientist would have to know what instructions to give the bots to make sure they work safely and efficiently. 

We have the technology to fully map the human body without invasive surgeries, there are CT scans MRI machines, and other types of non-invasive methods. 

The days of long scars and leaving medical tools inside of people should come to an end and a new era of medicine should begin.

Scott Goerz