Technology has developed over time to help doctors diagnose patients, looking into the body without being invasive. These include the x-ray, the ultrasound, CT scans, and MRI machines. The last time I was in an MRI machine was when I broke my nose. It was a relaxing experience.
In the 1950s, some indigenous peoples were removed from their communities to undergo treatment for tuberculosis. To this day, owing to the shortage of doctors in the far north, Inuit are often brought south for treatment. A parka made by Augatnaaq Eccles commemorates this.
Doctor Maude Abbott was one of the first women to practice medicine in Canada. She also became chief curator of the medical museum at McGill University, where she would make the museum a classroom for medical students.
These illustrations date to the 19th century, from medical schools in France.
Skirting the edge between one thematic area and another is a display case containing a one-man Canadian submersible, the Deep Rover.
Thank you for sharing this, William.
ReplyDeleteBeing claustrophobic am scared of MRI
ReplyDeleteA number of impressive scientific developments here.
ReplyDeleteI would pass on the Rover, William.
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