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title: Milestones in Medical Technology
description: From eyeglasses to the stethoscope to imaging the brain at work, a long list of inventions and innovations have changed medicine
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### Milestones in Medical Technology

*Posted By*  Alycia Sullivan Fri, Nov 02, 2012 @ 02:32 PM

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From eyeglasses to the stethoscope to imaging the brain at work, a long list of inventions and innovations have changed medicine. [Click here.](http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/05/health/digital-doctor.html?ref=thedigitaldoctor#/time15_343)

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