{"id":3812,"date":"2018-06-30T10:01:53","date_gmt":"2018-06-30T10:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/?page_id=3812"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T16:03:17","slug":"advances-in-medical-technology-in-the-20th-century-lesson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schoolshistory.org.uk\/topics\/medicine-through-time\/medicine-through-time-teachers-resources\/advances-in-medical-technology-in-the-20th-century-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Advances in Medical Technology in the 20th Century – Lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"

How far and in what ways have science and technology contributed
\nto medical advances in the 20th Century?<\/h3>\n

Learning Outcomes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

* To identify the advances in research, diagnosis and treatment of disease
\ndue to scientific technology: CT, MRI, ultrasound scans, radiotherapy.
\n* To identify possible risks and negative consequences of the use of science
\nand technology in medicine.<\/p>\n

Video starter: Surgery of the Future<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Duration: 04:26<\/p>\n

Description: Surgery has changed due to different techniques of
\nseeing inside the body and has moved from simple x-rays to magnetic
\nresonance machines and minature cameras. This has enabled surgery
\nto be less intrusive with quicker recovery times. It turns to look
\nat the future and believes that there will be a ‘step back’ to home-based
\ntreatment, but asks the question, what of the cost?<\/p>\n

From BBC
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Read through this
\ndetailed site<\/a> on new technology and medicine.<\/p>\n

Note your thoughts about the advantages and disadvantages of new technologies
\non
\nthis collaborative page.<\/a><\/p>\n

Look at the images below. For each one make a note of the way in which
\nthe technology has helped or hindered peoples healthcare.<\/p>\n

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<\/td>\nN0010213 Credit Wellcome Photo Library,
\nWellcome Images
\nMagnetic resonance imaging equipmentPhotograph of female radiographer positioning
\npatient at entrance to magnetic chamber, circa
\n1985 Common name: MRI scanning
\nMagnetic resonance imaging
\nCollection: Wellcome Images
\nLibrary reference no.: NMSB Frame No 11499 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nN0029235 Credit Ilianski, Wellcome Images
\nLightSpeed CT scanner.
\nPhotograph 2005<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nN0012222 Credit Wellcome Photo Library, Wellcome
\nImages
\nUltrasound scanning, ophthalmology
\nUltrasound and scanner
\nUltrasound scanning, ophthalmology
\nPhotograph
\nCollection: Wellcome Images
\nLibrary reference no.: NMSB Frame No NOVIDEO<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nB0002353 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
\nInstument used in keyhole surgery
\nInstrument used in kehole surgery.
\nCollection: Wellcome Images
\nLibrary reference no.: Contributor Reference C834<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nB0003692 Credit Darren Hopes, Wellcome Images
\nCreating humans for spare parts
\nComposite artwork to illustrate the fear that
\nhuman beings may be created as source of organs
\nfor transplantation.
\nCollection: Wellcome Images
\nLibrary reference no.: Contributor Reference BODY1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nB0004644 Credit: Wellcome Library, London
\nTest tube baby
\nTest tube baby on conveyor belt.
\nPhotograph 2002
\nCollection: Wellcome Images<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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All images are from the Welcome
\nLibrary<\/a>. These are available under a Creative Commons Licence,
\nthe full terms of which can be found here<\/a>.
\nA summary of he terms is: Under the terms of the Creative Commons
\nLicence, anyone is free to copy, distribute, and display the image,
\nproviding that the image is fully attributed to Wellcome
\nImages<\/a> and used solely for non-commercial purposes. The terms
\nspecifically state that ‘This includes making printed copies of such
\nmaterials for students and promoting and making such teaching
\nmaterials available in electronic form<\/em><\/strong>.’<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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