Is It Getting Better? Ilryeon Yun

 I strongly think that medicine continues to improve and develop. According to this chart, mortality decreases dramatically between 1860 and 1960. The reason for this, I believe, has much to do with the development of medicine, such as anesthesia. Before the invention of it, surgery was performed by restraining a patient who was in extreme pain and out of control until 1846. Therefore, the mortality rate at that time was over 80%. 

This is a graph about the surgical procedure. The red bar shows laparotomy and the blue one depicts laparoscopic surgery. It used to be taken for granted that the removal of tumors in the abdomen and thoracic cavity was done by open surgery. However, laparoscopic surgery performed in 1987 prompted rapid dissemination and technological innovation. Laparoscopic surgery has relatively small postoperative wounds, resulting in a quicker recovery and cosmetic results. And then, the monitor shows a large magnified image of the tissue, allowing recognition of even the smallest blood vessels and precise surgery. In addition, deep abdominal sites that are difficult to see in open abdominal surgery are easily seen with an endoscope. Thanks to them, colorectal cancer and other surgeries are now performed endoscopically.


This table shows the changes in life expectancy from 1900 to 2010. It reads as a dramatic increase in life expectancy for both males and females. This is thought to be largely due to the development of medical science. 

From these factors, I am sure that medicine is getting better day by day.



Comments

  1. Nao MiyaharaJune 29, 2023 at 2:15 PM

    I strongly agree with your opinion. The graphs you choose are very good to understand your opinion.

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  2. Ren FunayamaJune 29, 2023 at 2:22 PM

    Thanks to the improvement of medicine, life expectancy dramatically increases. It is interesting.

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  3. Aina TaniguchiJune 29, 2023 at 2:24 PM

    Medical advances have increased life expectancy certainly, but I thought your eye-opener was interesting.

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  4. Chien NguyenJune 29, 2023 at 2:36 PM

    Thanks to advanced medicine, we are still alive and stand still in the polluted world.Hmmmmmm...

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  5. Fumiya NakagawaJune 29, 2023 at 2:40 PM

    Thank you for your interesting report. Relationship between life expectancy and development of medicine is interesting.

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  6. David WoodfieldJune 29, 2023 at 2:43 PM

    Fascinating graphs, Ilreyon! While you are dead right about how the discovery of anesthesia decreased mortality rates during surgery, I don't think there is any connection between that fact and the reduction of deaths from whooping cough. Regarding your graph showing surgeries, what does the y axis represent -- the number of surgeries? In addition, what region is the data for? David :-)

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  7. Chia MiyaharaJune 29, 2023 at 2:54 PM

    I have never heard "abdominal surgery". I hope to develop these medical technology more and more until I become older.

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  8. Asaka MatsudaJuly 2, 2023 at 8:51 PM

    It is an interesting topic! I don't like pain, so I'm happy with the advances in technology.

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