We’ve Come A Long Way

Every so often, I come across these posts revealing the state of modern medical science at points throughout history.  I like to share them with readers of the Allen School Online blog to remind us all how quickly medical technology is changing.  Heck, just the fact that you can be studying how to become a medical office assistant online is, in itself, a remarkable achievement.  To remind us where the medical industry was a short 100 years ago, enjoy a peek at this piece with great photos of trephination tools.  Trephination was the medical proceedure involving the drilling of holes into the human skull, which was believed to have therapeutic effects curing a wide range of common ailments.  Looking at these tools, the technology seems downright horrific and medieval.  But this was only during the late 1800s and early 1900s.  Its amazing to see how far medicine has come.  With your involvement as a medical office billing/coding pro or medical office assistant, it will be amazing to see what advancements occur in the span of your career in this exciting and rapidly evolving industry.