ABSTRACT
Scientific medicine developed as a result of adopting and applying science to medical concerns. As scientific medicine developed into the mid-1800s, doctors paid more attention to physiological markers. One great invention in middle of the nineteenth century enabled physicians to compare judgments on the same physical evidence, thereby accelerating evolution of scientific medicine. Great optimism was present about achieving the goals of scientific medicine, especially with regard to finding cures for acute infectious diseases. To be sure, medicine's total embrace of science has had profound positive effects, but the growth of scientific medicine also has a significant down side due to an overdependence on technology. The proliferation of technology and scientific medicine, the reduction of answers to cells, then to molecular levels, and the increasing reliance on the opinions of specialists have all tended to make diagnoses abstract. But the crisis witnessed during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s may pale by comparison to the trend that looms on the horizon.
