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This addition to the visually stimulating Sci-Hi series looks at the applications of science and new technologies to the field of cars & motorbikes and how they affect our lives. It looks at new materials, discoveries, and inventions and assesses their environmental impact.

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Publié par	Capstone Global Library
Date de parution	16 juin 2011
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781406233421
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	25 Mo

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Science and Technology Medical Technology

Ann Fullick

Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales having its registered office at 7 Pilgrim Street, London, EC4V 6LB – Registered company number: 6695582

Text © Capstone Global Library Limited 2012 First published in hardback in 2012 The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted.

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Edited by Andrew Farrow, Adam Miller, and Diyan Leake Designed by Victoria Allen Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Ltd 2011 Illustrated by Oxford Designers and Illustrators Picture research by Elizabeth Alexander Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd Printed and bound in China by CTPS

ISBN 978 1 406 22841 0 (hardback) 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Fullick, Ann. Science and technology: medical technology. -- (Sci-hi) 610.2’8-dc22 A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

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Contents

What is medical technology?

Some early medical technology

Diagnosing disease

Medicines

Surgery

Hearts, surgery, and technology

Life support

Lasers and ultrasound

Replacement surgery

Technology at the start of life

Nanotechnology and genetic technology

Timeline

Glossary

Find out more

Index

Some words are shown in bold,like this. These words are explained in the glossary. You will find important information and definitions underlined, like this.

How can tattoos be removed? Turn to page 27 to find out!

What is a nanobot? Read page 39 to find out!

MEDICAL WHAT IS ? TECHNOLOGY

Doctors use all kinds of things to help make people better. A simple plaster can cover a small cut. A beam of light called alasercan be used to improve sight. Alife-support machinecan keep a body going for a few days whilst someone recovers from serious illness orsurgery. All of these are examples of medical technology.

Looking inside the body Doctors often need to be able to see inside our bodies to find out what is wrong with us. Lots of medical technology is used to help them. X-rays are good at showing up broken bones. MRI scans and CAT (CT) scans can show doctors any problems with the softer organs of our bodies, such as the liver or lungs.

This MRI scan shows the brain inside a skull.