Johann Czermak

 Johann Czermak

Czermak was a Polish professor of physiology who was able to create the laryngoscope in the 1800s. Czermak was able to allow for physicians to be able to visualize the ears, nose, and throat of patients. We learn that the laryngoscope allows for the inner ear to be visualized to rule out infections of the ear. The throat can also be visualized to diagnose or rule out upper respiratory infections. With the invention of the laryngoscope, medicine was able to allow the learning of diagnosing diseases through inspection and visualization.

The laryngoscope created in 1857 was another medical invention that allowed for medicine to help patients (Technopoly page 100). The laryngoscope helps physicians rule out diseases described in measles, mumps, and rubeola, diphteria, and strep throat infections while also helping diagnose viral infections. Along with the stethoscope and opthalmoscope, medical inventions in the 1800s allowed the visualization and auscultation of the body to diagnose disease. 

We learn that the 1800s were important because of the medical innovations that allowed for medicine to help against disease. These medical creations helped improve the knowledge of medicine by allowing the study of exam findings that were introduced by the use of these new inventions. There are medical books that describe common exam findings through the use of the laryngoscope, stethoscope, and ophtalmoscope. 

We can persevere learning about medicine and microbiology while maintaing morality and ethics. We can appreciate learning something new everyday while keeping healthy skepticism about newer medications and "vaccines" (covid) that may not be helpful. We learn that we still do not know the source of the covid "virus" being that all viruses have a source or reservoir. We can keep learning while guarding ourselves from pseudo-science.