BMJ with a poll. For me, a toss-up between antibiotics and vaccines.
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The most important medical advance is the double-blind randomized test. All other advances are secondary.
Cataract extraction with lens implantation. No double blind comments, Samson.
Ditto. Followed by the YAG capsulotomy. It’s laughable that evidence-based medicine is even on the list.
Sanitation, obviously. Without modern plumbing cities are essentially large sewers. No amount of vaccination or antibiotics can cope with that.
Sanitation, obviously. Without modern plumbing cities are essentially large sewers. No amount of vaccination or antibiotics can cope with that.
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