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Thanks for adding this. Compulsory mass vaccination is one of the greatest medical miracles in human history, possibly the actual single greatest. Source: http

Thanks for adding this. Compulsory mass vaccination is one of the greatest medical miracles in human history, possibly the actual single greatest. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung#/media/File:Poumon_artificiel.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_lung#/media/File:Poumon_a...

newacct583 5y ago
Second greatest. Antibiotics take the crown.
- aplummer 5y ago
  I think you got me there, but it's at least up there as a big winner.
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breck 5y ago
According to a 2012 NEJM survey, #1 is anesthesia. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1016/j.sjpain.2013.07.027/html https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1016/j.sjpain.2013... IIRC it then went X-Rays and Antibiotics, but can't find source ATM.