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Did scientific innovation cause a medical revolution?

David McGill considers to what extent the medical revolution of the nineteenth century can be attributed to scientific innovation rather than to public health programmes

Source A William Morton using ether as an anaesthetic in 1846

YES

The medical revolution would not have been possible without the pioneering work of individual scientists, physicians and surgeons working to advance our understanding of the human body and the environment. This is most obvious if we look at a few examples.

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