New Technologies in Medicine

The Technological Revolution in Medicine.

New developments in science and technology continued to change the face of medicine throughout the decade. The Korean and Vietnam wars both contributed new types of military technology which later found peacetime use in medicine. Advanced computers appeared in the early 1960s. By the early 1970s bioengineering, the wedding of medicine and physics, began to appear in medical schools. Controversies arose about the benefits and costs. Critics feared the dehumanizing aspects of bioengineering technologies and worried about hidden medical dangers. Hospitals vied for prestigious equipment, and expensive duplication of machines drove costs up.

Ultrasound.

Medicine borrowed sonar technology from the military and used it to identify body organs and problems without surgery. This sonar technology, called ultrasound, could detect gallstones and prostate-gland malfunctions and had...

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