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Originally Posted by pavulon
The number and magnitude or diseases that are now cured or managed is remarkable. Lots and lots of issues are addressed quickly and effectively today. Many remain a mystery.
Working in surgery every day, I frequently think how people not long ago would often suicide rather than face the knife (pre-anesthesia) or die from what started as an appendicitis or go blind from cataracts... . Amazing really.
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Yea, I remember watching Star Trek in the 60s and seeing the sick bay Bones had. Many of the things that were pure science fiction then are real now.
My wife recently had outpatient cataract surgery by a local opthamologist. Two separate surgeries and now she has 20-20 vision for the first time in her life.
Back in the 60s my grandmother had cataract surgery and they had her in the hospital for several days and had her head strapped down so she could not move.
