Advances in Medicine and Education

                  Advances in Medicine are a marvel to watch !      

                                 Today, when a baby is born two months premature, it is more likely to survive because of these advances. No-one can deny the skill involved in a heart transplant or even in setting a broken limb. It is interesting to note that many of the herbs that were used in the older days, are still used today but in tablet form. Our ancestors knew a thing or two !

     A major subject that has noticeably changed during history is                                                       "Education" !
This was once only available for the super rich, Princes and Lords of the Realms, and usually only the sons of the family. The poor muddled along as best they could, handing down from father to son, mother to daughter. As girls were expected to marry and have children, it was felt that they did not need to be educated. Men ruled the world ! So the boys had the schooling. This attitude changed, however, just before the First World War, and so we have our Education system today, where boys and girls are schooled together in the same class room. Languages, sciences, technology, writing, reading, arithmetic and so on --- the subjects taught in the schools seems endless today. The future children have a good chance of a better life ahead of them !