CHANGES IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

BY PHIN IKAHIHIFO

THE BLACK PLAGUE

The bubonic plague is spread mainly by rodents

The first to witness the bubonic plague was china

37% of china died or got infected by this disease

25 million people died in just under five years

The black rats fleas were different than other fleas

The black plague (black death or the bubonic plague) was spread in London by the black rat

The bubonic plague spread throughout Europe and Asia

Progress in medical technology

X rays

X rays send sound waves into the body the sound waves bounce back sending a picture back

There is also g-rays (gamma rays) they used it in the movie incredible hulk.

Wilhelm Conrad roentgen is the inventor of the x ray.

the MRI machine

• MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging

The inventors of MRI: Raymond Damadian, Paul lauterher and peter Mansfield

The MRI scanner uses magnetism and radio waves.