14 Tools That Changed Medicine

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(Amputation kit)

We shaped the instruments. Then they shaped us.

Discover Magazine is filled with these today.

Hypodermic Needle

Maggots

Stethoscope

Randomized Controlled Trial

Amputation Kit

Dialysis Machine

Condom

Transorbital Lobotomy Orbitoclast

Permanent Marker

Toothbrush

Ambulance

Defibrillator

Medical imaging

Band aids

(Again, there are a whole lot more, so let’s see what you think was important.)

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10 Weird, Wacky and Worthwhile Experiments, Unexpected and offbeat discoveries sometimes yield the most startling advances in medical science. @ 10 Weird, Wacky and Worthwhile Experiments | DiscoverMagazine.com
 
How did a condom change medicine?
 
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