The most important discoveries in modern medicine

The British Medical Journal ( British Medical Journal ) introduced readers to the 15 most important discoveries in modern medicine since 1840 to the present.

According to the report, the 5 most important discoveries in modern medicine are analgesic anesthesia, antibiotics , Clorpromazina drugs for mental illness , cell and membrane transplantation, creating a new treatment in the future, and use of computers in epidemiological data processing .

The next five important innovations are imaging diagnostics (from X-ray to Tac, Rnm, Pet), detecting the harmful effects of smoking and diagnosis through practice - methods of treatment selection based on medical parameters gathered from the majority of patients, epidemiology and oral contraceptives .

The important findings ranked from 11 to 15 are the determination of the structure of DNA (opening up the modern genetic period), the sewer system in the city, the doctor needs to wash his hands before the examination, water and vaccine production .

Concerning the need for doctors to comply with hygiene regulations before the examination, the reporter led a series of investigative reports by an Italian journalist at several Italian hospitals every year, at hospitals in In this country, there are 4,500 to 7,000 people who die from infections, higher than victims of traffic accidents.

It is known that one-third of people killed by infection can avoid death if doctors only need to do simple things like washing their hands, wearing gloves and washing the patient's wound or injection site.