Modern Technology and Medicine It is not surprising that most of today medical cures are achieved by the usage of modern technology. What is surprising is that before the computers electronic weights and many of the other modern advancements medical advancement were taking place. What is even more surprising is the way that the drugs were stumbled upon. Many of the scientists during the fifties knew that they were going in the right direction but few were able to be achieved because of the lack of technology. It is basically equivalent to having a specific thought "in the tip of your tongue." You know what you ar