War and Medicine

Will Rogers once said, “You can’t say that civilization don't advance. In every war, they kill you in a new way.” As this article highlights, they also heal people in new ways. This article's point is not to claim that medical advances are worth the destruction of war - that would be insane - but to explore how human beings are endlessly inventive in their quest to advance technology (or do a little bit of improvisation) to save lives.