Medicine and World War II

World War II was the greatest war of the 20th century. Other modern wars do not have much impact on the confrontation between Axis and allies. Many lives were lost in the Second World War, but some of them brought better changes, especially in American culture. One beneficial effect is the change in the preparation and preservation of health and nutrition due to increased demand for safer and more reliable methods to ensure the safety of soldiers.

Improving the effectiveness of drugs during World War II has told the decline of religion. Stark talks about the use of sulfonamides to kill bacteria, the usefulness of penicillin in the 1940s, and the breakthrough in immunology. Another factor is the increase in female employment opportunities, and the majority of the members are elderly. In 1998, 30% of Christian scientists were over 65 years old. Eddie was already in his 60s when the movement began to spread. Stark says, " "The characteristics of the earliest members of the movement are often reflected in subsequent converts." Most scientists are single (Eddie rarely emphasizes marriage and family). When it is rare that it will be changed it will be a scientist. Christian Science does not have missionaries, so we rely on internal growth, but conversion rates within family are not high.

The term "disaster medical care" first appeared in the medical dictionary after the Second World War. Originally created by former and current military doctors engaged in World War II, this term arises from concern about the need to take care of military victims and nuclear holocaust victims, but natural It is necessary to look after the survivors of. . Influenza epidemic disaster and distant memory of 1917-1918 Until the 1980s the term "disaster medical" still occasionally appeared in medicine and mass media. At that time, it was the first collaborative effort of the Disaster Organization Medical Response Team to develop into a national disaster medical system. At the same time, a team of disaster and emergency medical discussion and research groups was formed at the American Medical Association (AMA) in the US and the United States, the UK, Israel and other countries.