The British Medical Journal has counted the online votes and named the biggest medical advance since 1840. And the award goes to… sanitation. Well, actually, it sorta is: “sanitation” refers to both clean water and sewage systems, which have surely saved millions of lives since 1840. Here’s the breakdown of the winner and runners-up…

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