Chapter 1 MEDICINE Medicine is a science dedicated to making people healthy Today's doctors use cutting edge technology to do this Some repair parts of the body Others cure diseases All are helping people live better longer lives II 2O I RPI Today's hospitals are filled with advanced by technology What is one way that doctors keep people
The history of medicine goes back thousands of years Ancient Greeks discovered natural treatments For example they used ginger to treat nausea Ancient doctors wrote huge books full of such treatments One of the most famous was the Arab physician Avicenna who was born around 98O CE His cures were used for hundreds of years Avicenna wrote a medical textbook called The Canon of Medicine It was used by doctors into the
Today's medicine is much more advanced Computers help doctors diagnose diseases Robots assist surgeons with delicate operations Doctors use their knowledge and skills to help patients around the world Computers of all kinds are important parts of cutting edge
Surgery robots The Da Vinci Surgical System is one popular surgery robot The robot s arms hold surgical tools and cameras The surgeon sits at a computer He or she uses hand controls to move the robot's arms The computer's screen shows the view from the cameras Robots make new surgeries possible Their arms can bend and twist more than human hands and wrists They can make tiny precise movements Da Vinci robots have helped with millions of operations Mr a By 2016 more than 3 OOON Da Vinci robots were in use around the
