Great Discoveries in Medicine shows that many of the treatments commonly used today were discovered in surprising ways
WALK into any modern hospital and you would be forgiven for thinking medicine is a precise science that can identify any disease you may be unfortunate enough to have, quantify it with whizz-bang technology based on a sound understanding of human physiology, and then treat it with a tried-and-tested pill or procedure that has run the rigours of a randomised controlled trial.
It can be surprising, then, to reflect on the many treatments and procedures performed by doctors today that have rather…
