Scenarios about 'medicine'
The study and practice of diagnosing, treating, and preventing disease throughout human history. Medical knowledge has evolved from ancient healing traditions to modern evidence-based practices, with breakthroughs like germ theory, antibiotics, vaccines, and surgical techniques dramatically extending human lifespans and quality of life. In alternate history scenarios, different trajectories of medical development can profoundly alter population demographics, warfare outcomes, and societal structures.
What If Vaccines Were Never Invented?
Exploring the alternate timeline where vaccination was never discovered, leaving humanity vulnerable to infectious diseases and dramatically altering the course of global health, demographics, and society.
What If Early Modern Europe Developed Germ Theory?
Exploring how world history would have unfolded if scientists in early modern Europe had discovered and accepted germ theory centuries before Pasteur and Koch, revolutionizing medicine and public health.
What If Galen's Medical Theories Were Challenged Earlier?
Exploring how medical science might have developed if Galen's anatomical errors had been identified and corrected centuries earlier, potentially advancing healthcare and scientific understanding by over a millennium.