Survival rates for sepsis depend on the patient's underlying medical conditions, how quickly the diagnosis is made, the organism that causes the infection, and the patient's age. People at Risk for Sepsis
The first image scanner developed for use with a computer was a drum scanner. It was built in 1957 at the US National Bureau of Standards by a team led by Russell A. Kirsch. The first image ever scanned on this machine was a 5 cm square photograph of Kirsch's then-three-month-old son, Walden.
He published his new technique and findings in a short monograph in 1761. But percussion received little attention despite the fact that physical examination was a recognized part of medical practice dating back to the seventeenth century B.C. in ancient Egypt. Maximilian Stoll wrote about the technique in 1770 and M. Rosiere translated Auenbrugger's treatise into French in 1771.