Images in Clinical Medicine

Medical Mystery — 50 Years of Medical Progress

Ralf Ostermaier, M.D., and Marianne Taut, M.D.

N Engl J Med 2005; 352:1473April 7, 2005

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Between 1949 and 2002, a patient underwent four lifesaving procedures that documented medical progress throughout the past 50 years. This plain chest radiograph, which was performed when the patient was 74 years old, highlights all four of the procedures. What are they?

Ralf Ostermaier, M.D.
Asklepios Fachkliniken München-Gauting, D-82131 Gauting, Germany

Marianne Taut, M.D.
Klinik am Tharandter Wald, D-09600 Niederschöna, Germany

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