Wednesday, March 26, 2008

medical advances of the 1950's

This are some of the inventions made in the 1950's.

Angiogram
Artificial Heart
Artificial Hips and Joints
Artificial Limbs
Blood Pressure Measure
Cardiac Catheter
Cardiac Pacemaker
CT Scan
Electrocardiograph ECG
Electroencephalograph EEG
Electron Microscope
Iron Lung
Kidney Dialysis Machine
Magnetic Resonance Imaging MRI
Monoclonal Antibodies
Pump-Oxygenator
Radiation Therapy
Surgical Dressings
Ultrasound
X-Rays


50’s inventions and technology I can not stress to you enough how many inventions there were in the 50’s. Many ofthe things invented back then we are using and remodeling now. Medicine was improving, and,Rosland Franklin used an X-ray to discover the structure of DNA. One of the most rare and unusual but helpful and successful inventions was the snowmobile. The snowmobile has really helped a lot of people when the weather was not to thereliking or to whomever was enabled to get around by car, especially people in Alaska. Also, some people bought them just for the enjoyment of the ride.This is still a very popular invention of today when the snow comes along. Granted whenlooking at the snowmobile it does not look very powerful, however many people have beenproven wrong even up until now. If you have ever ridden one, you would definitely know the speed and force this piece of machinery obtains. Many people still do not understand how helpful and useful this metal attraction is.Other great inventors were Ronald Riley, whom invented the automated electrifiedmonorail system. Dee Horton and Law Hewitt invented the sliding automatic door in 1954. Thehistory of the automobile spans over one hundred years and the famous early car models, viewtimelines of automotive development and discover who made the first gasoline powered car.Some may have thought that there were a lot of great new things such as, colored kitchenappliances and transistor radios; however, no one was expecting the things we utilize the mosttoday like the PC, cell phones, or DVDs. No one ever thought that those big black records andrecord players would some day become CDs and CD players. Now even though the things wereinvented does not mean everyone had the privilege of enjoying them. In fact most of theseaccessories were used for business only.As far as the really important aspects go, some inventions were the polio vacine and oralvacine. Even the first transgender sugery ever performed took place in this decade. Really doctors were just a little bit more experimental in these days. And since People did not have to worry about contracting all of theses new found diseases, they were practically fearless of anything and everything

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