Howell Chapters 3-5

Chapters 3-5 move from the advances and technology on the administrative side to advances that were taking place in the laboratories. Urinalysis was something that was not new; it was already being use by hospitals. There were scientists who very curious as to what diseases could be known from a urinalysis. Most patients would go to the hospital and have only one urinalysis. As technology expanded so did the thinking and ideas of physician. It soon became regulatory to obtain several urine samples during a patients stay at the hospital.  It is also discussed in the chapters that the x-ray became into to great use. The x-ray was very beneficial to many and was seen and viewed as a great asset to the medical field by society. Although the x-ray had all of the great benefits to it, many were still reserved about it. I my opinion I feel that doctors were intimidated by the x-ray and new technology because many of their patients would put more trust into the machines than the doctors. This could have been a negative thing for patients also, because on the other hand this could have made doctors lazy and because the machines were so expensive they may give unnecessary treatment with it to increase cost for patients.