Gunpowder warfare kicked off a new era of invasive surgery and prosthetic technology in Western medicine.
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During World War I, Marie Curie left her lab behind, inventing a mobile X-ray unit that could travel to the battlefront and training 150 women to operate these ‘Little Curies.’
It’s estimated that at least 800 medical personnel have been killed since the start of the Syrian war.
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Timothy J. Jorgensen is a Friend of The Conversation.Director of the Health Physics and Radiation Protection Graduate Program and Professor of Radiation Medicine, Georgetown University
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