Chapter three through chapter five we very interesting to me. All three of these chapters talk abut the advances of technology which is what the book is centered about. The main advances in medicine and hospitals are throughout these chapters I believe, which include urinalysis and the new idea of the x-ray.
The book moved from administrative offices, to clinical wards, and then through more until chapter three got to diagnostic laboratories. One of the main focuses on chapter three was urinalysis. This was not a new idea at all, it just became more advanced. People were able to tell if someone was sick or ill or diseased by the color, froth, smell, and taste of urine. There was no special equipment needed or training involved. However things became more advanced. In chapter three Howell examines Pennsylvania and New York hospitals by using graphs and tables. The advances made by the urinalysis and the steps that were taken in diagnostic laboratories throughout time is incredible.
Throughout chapter four the x-ray was discussed. A German man named Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen vaguely invited the idea of the x-ray. Although the idea was advanced and made into a machine and developed, this was the man who first gave the first idea of an x-ray.
Chapter five furthers the idea of the x-ray by developing it. Also chapter five focuses on how people read x-rays. At first an x-ray was able to be taken and looked at but nothing could b derived from these pictures. If you think about it, before the x-ray was invited no one had actually seen a set of era bones in a real person, who was still living at least. So the knowledge of healthy bones and how to read and assess x-rays correctly was a daunting task.
Throughout these three chapters I feel like a lot of important medical things were explained and so was the history behind them all.
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