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The most advanced TL-15 medical [[technologies]] of [[Charted Space]] literally appear as '''death-cheating miracles''' to the [[non-spacefaring]] [[civilization]]s. [[Life]] can be extended, limbs regenerated, minds transferred, and even new [[life]] created.  
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The [[Medical Technology of Charted Space]] is nothing short of amazing. The most advanced TL-15 medical [[technologies]] of [[Charted Space]] literally appear as '''death-cheating miracles''' to the [[non-spacefaring]] [[civilization]]s. [[Life]] can be extended, limbs regenerated, minds transferred, and even new [[life]] created.  
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== Description (Specifications) ==
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The medical sciences are life sciences used to preserve and heal life. They are often combined with other technologies through interdisciplinary study. Advanced Bionetics, Gravitic Studies, Advanced Biochemistry, and others have produced a dizzying array of medicinal [[pharmaceutical]]s, [[anagathics]], [[cyberware]], and other advanced medical [[technology]].  
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== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
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The medical sciences are life sciences used to preserve and heal life. They are often combined with other technologies through interdisciplinary study. Advanced Bionetics, Gravitic Studies, Advanced Biochemistry, and others have produced a dizzying array of medicinal [[pharmaceutical]]s, [[anagathic]]s, [[cyberware]], and other advanced medical [[technology]].  
  
 
=== Medical Technologies ===
 
=== Medical Technologies ===
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==== Life-extending Anagathics ====
 
==== Life-extending Anagathics ====
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[[Anagathics]] are one of the key technologies available within [[Charted Space]]. An anagathic is a life-prolonging drug. There are many varieties available, but they all share but a single characteristic: they are prohibitively expensive and unaffordable to the greater masses. Anagathics trade is nevertheless big business and the rich of nearly every major race partakes of these medical miracles. Cultural taboos against taking anagathics exist in some parts of [[Charted Space]].
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[[Anagathic]]s are one of the key technologies available within [[Charted Space]]. An anagathic is a life-prolonging drug. There are many varieties available, but they all share but a single characteristic: they are prohibitively expensive and unaffordable to the greater masses. Anagathics trade is nevertheless big business and the rich of nearly every major race partakes of these medical miracles. Cultural taboos against taking anagathics exist in some parts of [[Charted Space]].
 
* [[Rejuvenation]]
 
* [[Rejuvenation]]
  
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==== Illicit Drugs ====
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==== Illicit Drugs ([[Narcotic]]s) ====
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Some polities attempt to limit the usage of certain kinds of drugs for various reasons. There are few Imperium-wide prohibitions, although local laws may vary greatly. Amongst the more limited drugs are:
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Please see [[AAB]] article: [[Pharmaceuticals of Charted Space]]
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* [[Dustspice]]
 
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* [[Synphoria]]
 
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* [[Sponge]]
 
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* [[Yana]]
 
  
 
==== Bionics & Prosthetics ====
 
==== Bionics & Prosthetics ====
 
The use of bionics and prosthetics is widespread from the use of grav caps for amputated legs to the simplest low tech peg leg. Normally sufficient limb regeneration technology exists to replace practically any sophont's limbs, but the technology has its limits.
 
The use of bionics and prosthetics is widespread from the use of grav caps for amputated legs to the simplest low tech peg leg. Normally sufficient limb regeneration technology exists to replace practically any sophont's limbs, but the technology has its limits.
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* [[Grav cap]]s
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* [[Grav Cap]]s
 
* Peg leg
 
* Peg leg
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* [[Prosthetic]]
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* [[Replacement Body Part]]
  
 
==== Transmorphism & Cyberware ====
 
==== Transmorphism & Cyberware ====
 
Despite technological sophistication enabling a [[transhuman]] and/or [[transmorphic]] existence independent of bodies, genders, and biological physicality, mainstream interstellar [[society]] has not yet adopted these ideas.  
 
Despite technological sophistication enabling a [[transhuman]] and/or [[transmorphic]] existence independent of bodies, genders, and biological physicality, mainstream interstellar [[society]] has not yet adopted these ideas.  
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* 1. [[Transmorphism]] is the idea that [[sophont]]s should not be limited to the bodies or forms that they originated with... Many societies have taboos against straying too far from original forms, but others easily embrace mind transference into other bodies, bodily modification, machine augmentation, and other forms of bodily modification. Humans, with their pervasive self-obsession sometimes call this transhumanism. Other scholars call it transsophontism. The term, transmorphism, has come into regular use within the greater academic community of Charted Space.  
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# [[Transmorphism]] is the idea that [[sophont]]s should not be limited to the bodies or forms that they originated with... Many societies have taboos against straying too far from original forms, but others easily embrace mind transference into other bodies, bodily modification, machine augmentation, and other forms of bodily modification. Humans, with their pervasive self-obsession sometimes call this transhumanism. Other scholars call it transsophontism. The term, transmorphism, has come into regular use within the greater academic community of Charted Space.  
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* 2. [[Cyberware]] is a technology advocating for the transformation of minds and bodies through technological modification, whether organically biological or mechanically technological.  
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# [[Cyberware]] is a technology advocating for the transformation of minds and bodies through technological modification, whether organically biological or mechanically technological.  
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** Headware, or Mindware, often allow for mind-computer interfaces allowing for extensions of intelligence beyond original organic capabilities.  
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# Headware, or Mindware, often allow for mind-computer interfaces allowing for extensions of intelligence beyond original organic capabilities.  
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** Bodywear are prosthetics meant to enhance or supercede existing physicalities such as limbs, internal organs, sensory organs, or other parts of an organism. These items are sometimes referred to colloquially as "chrome" despite a lack of actual chrome in many of them.
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# Bodywear are prosthetics meant to enhance or supercede existing physicalities such as limbs, internal organs, sensory organs, or other parts of an organism. These items are sometimes referred to colloquially as "chrome" despite a lack of actual chrome in many of them.
  
 
On the fringes of interstellar society and [[Charted Space]], these ideas are being experimented with. And sometimes, they are being experimented with within Charted Space although they have not yet been widely embraced. Some ideas like Wafer-tech, a type of mindwear, have been embraced, but others do not have widespread acceptance.  
 
On the fringes of interstellar society and [[Charted Space]], these ideas are being experimented with. And sometimes, they are being experimented with within Charted Space although they have not yet been widely embraced. Some ideas like Wafer-tech, a type of mindwear, have been embraced, but others do not have widespread acceptance.  
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Transmorphism and Cybernetics are  technologies that are part and parcel of [[cyborg]]s, [[sophont]]s with a mix of [[lifeform]] mediums, organic (meat) and inorganic (machine). Several interstellar societies have already stated inclinations to mix exotic lifeform mediums into their baseline bodies when the technologies become available.
 
Transmorphism and Cybernetics are  technologies that are part and parcel of [[cyborg]]s, [[sophont]]s with a mix of [[lifeform]] mediums, organic (meat) and inorganic (machine). Several interstellar societies have already stated inclinations to mix exotic lifeform mediums into their baseline bodies when the technologies become available.
  
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=== Medicinal Pharmaceuticals ===
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=== Medicinal Pharmaceuticals ([[Drugs]]) ===
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The TL-15 life sciences have come up with a bewildering number of medicines and [[drugs]] in an attempt to improve the quality of life and prevent or mitigate disease.
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Please see [[AAB]] article: [[Pharmaceuticals of Charted Space]]
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* [[Analgesics]]
 
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** [[Opine]]
 
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* [[Antibiotics]]
 
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** [[Mantihilz 8]]
 
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* [[Antitoxins]]
 
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* [[Antivirals]]
 
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** [[GC96/B]]
 
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* [[Immunizations]]
 
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** Panimmunics
 
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* [[Metabolics]]
 
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** Fast Drugs (Hypermetabolics)
 
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** [[Sleep Drug]]
 
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** [[Slow Drug]] (Hypometabolics)
 
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* Tranquilizers
 
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** [[Kellacyn]]
 
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* [[Vaccines]]
 
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* [[:Category:Drugs]]
 
  
 
=== Epochal Med-Tech Periods ===
 
=== Epochal Med-Tech Periods ===
 
Imperial society classifies medical technology using a set of chronological epochs and periods.  
 
Imperial society classifies medical technology using a set of chronological epochs and periods.  
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* TL Comparitive Technologies: Medical experts throughout [[Charted Space]] often argue with the [[IISS]] as to which technologies should correspond with which TL's. This is an ongoing argument.
 
  
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== History & Background (Dossier) ==
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TL Comparative Technologies: Medical experts throughout [[Charted Space]] often argue with the [[IISS]] as to which technologies should correspond with which TLs. This is an ongoing argument.
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== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
 
The earliest medical technologies greatly vary by [[culture]] and [[civilization]]. They range from herbology to simple surgery and more...  
 
The earliest medical technologies greatly vary by [[culture]] and [[civilization]]. They range from herbology to simple surgery and more...  
  
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* [[Cloning]]
 
* [[Cloning]]
 
** [[Clone]]
 
** [[Clone]]
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** Body Regeneration
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** [[Body Regeneration]]
 
** Prosthetic Manufacturing  
 
** Prosthetic Manufacturing  
 
* Metempsychosis (Mind Transference)
 
* Metempsychosis (Mind Transference)
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=== Medical Nanotech (Medical Microtechnology) ===
 
=== Medical Nanotech (Medical Microtechnology) ===
 
[[Nanotechnology]] is a widespread part of interstellar society within [[Charted Space]]. However the deep effects of nanotechnology still remain unseen. Greater social change has been predicted by many Imperial futurists.
 
[[Nanotechnology]] is a widespread part of interstellar society within [[Charted Space]]. However the deep effects of nanotechnology still remain unseen. Greater social change has been predicted by many Imperial futurists.
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* Grey Goo, or swarms of rampaging nanotechnological machines, are one such technological evolution that has yet to come to pass.
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* [[Grey Goo]], or swarms of rampaging nanotechnological machines, are one such technological evolution that has yet to come to pass.
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* [[Regrowth]]
  
 
=== Cryotechnology & Cold Sleep ===
 
=== Cryotechnology & Cold Sleep ===
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=== Organlegging & Medical Crimes ===
 
=== Organlegging & Medical Crimes ===
 
[[Organlegging]] is probably the most well-known medical crime occurring within [[Charted Space]]. Organleggers kidnap selected [[sophont]]s and then harvest their organs for sale. [[Clone]]d or regrown organs often lack the vigor or quality of organs having naturally grown within a sophont's body.
 
[[Organlegging]] is probably the most well-known medical crime occurring within [[Charted Space]]. Organleggers kidnap selected [[sophont]]s and then harvest their organs for sale. [[Clone]]d or regrown organs often lack the vigor or quality of organs having naturally grown within a sophont's body.
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== See also ==
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== References & Contributors (Sources) ==
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|S3= {{Ludography cite|name=Imperial Encyclopedia|page=61,67}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name=The Travellers' Digest 11 | article = Medical Treatment in Traveller | page=}}
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|S4= {{Ludography cite|name=Traveller The New Era|page=333-335}}
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|S6= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[User:Maksim-Smelchak|Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
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| {{Ludography cite|name= Imperial Encyclopedia|page=61,67}}
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| {{Ludography cite|name= Traveller: The New Era|page=333-335}}
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| Compiler: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]]
 
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The Medical Technology of Charted Space is nothing short of amazing. The most advanced TL-15 medical technologies of Charted Space literally appear as death-cheating miracles to the non-spacefaring civilizations. Life can be extended, limbs regenerated, minds transferred, and even new life created.

Description (Specifications)[edit]

The medical sciences are life sciences used to preserve and heal life. They are often combined with other technologies through interdisciplinary study. Advanced Bionetics, Gravitic Studies, Advanced Biochemistry, and others have produced a dizzying array of medicinal pharmaceuticals, anagathics, cyberware, and other advanced medical technology.

Medical Technologies[edit]

Medical technologies have a near unique capacity to transform life, society, and civilization. For instance, early medical breakthroughs very often reduce child mortality making larger and larger urban population densities possible. And an increase in urban densities is usually correlated to an increased pace of technological advancement.

Some of the medical technologies currently transforming Charted Space include:

Life-extending Anagathics[edit]

Anagathics are one of the key technologies available within Charted Space. An anagathic is a life-prolonging drug. There are many varieties available, but they all share but a single characteristic: they are prohibitively expensive and unaffordable to the greater masses. Anagathics trade is nevertheless big business and the rich of nearly every major race partakes of these medical miracles. Cultural taboos against taking anagathics exist in some parts of Charted Space.

Illicit Drugs (Narcotics)[edit]

Please see AAB article: Pharmaceuticals of Charted Space

Bionics & Prosthetics[edit]

The use of bionics and prosthetics is widespread from the use of grav caps for amputated legs to the simplest low tech peg leg. Normally sufficient limb regeneration technology exists to replace practically any sophont's limbs, but the technology has its limits.

Transmorphism & Cyberware[edit]

Despite technological sophistication enabling a transhuman and/or transmorphic existence independent of bodies, genders, and biological physicality, mainstream interstellar society has not yet adopted these ideas.

  1. Transmorphism is the idea that sophonts should not be limited to the bodies or forms that they originated with... Many societies have taboos against straying too far from original forms, but others easily embrace mind transference into other bodies, bodily modification, machine augmentation, and other forms of bodily modification. Humans, with their pervasive self-obsession sometimes call this transhumanism. Other scholars call it transsophontism. The term, transmorphism, has come into regular use within the greater academic community of Charted Space.
  2. Cyberware is a technology advocating for the transformation of minds and bodies through technological modification, whether organically biological or mechanically technological.
  3. Headware, or Mindware, often allow for mind-computer interfaces allowing for extensions of intelligence beyond original organic capabilities.
  4. Bodywear are prosthetics meant to enhance or supercede existing physicalities such as limbs, internal organs, sensory organs, or other parts of an organism. These items are sometimes referred to colloquially as "chrome" despite a lack of actual chrome in many of them.

On the fringes of interstellar society and Charted Space, these ideas are being experimented with. And sometimes, they are being experimented with within Charted Space although they have not yet been widely embraced. Some ideas like Wafer-tech, a type of mindwear, have been embraced, but others do not have widespread acceptance.

Cyborgs[edit]

Transmorphism and Cybernetics are technologies that are part and parcel of cyborgs, sophonts with a mix of lifeform mediums, organic (meat) and inorganic (machine). Several interstellar societies have already stated inclinations to mix exotic lifeform mediums into their baseline bodies when the technologies become available.

Medicinal Pharmaceuticals (Drugs)[edit]

Please see AAB article: Pharmaceuticals of Charted Space

Epochal Med-Tech Periods[edit]

Imperial society classifies medical technology using a set of chronological epochs and periods.

TL Comparative Technologies: Medical experts throughout Charted Space often argue with the IISS as to which technologies should correspond with which TLs. This is an ongoing argument.

History & Background (Dossier)[edit]

The earliest medical technologies greatly vary by culture and civilization. They range from herbology to simple surgery and more...

Clone Tech[edit]

Med-Robotica (Medical Robotics)[edit]

Medical robots or Med-Robotica are incredibly sophisticated machines that can consistently outperform all but the most sophisticated of sophont physicians.

  • Pseudobiological Robots
  • Medical Service Bots
  • Medical Nanocytes

Medical Nanotech (Medical Microtechnology)[edit]

Nanotechnology is a widespread part of interstellar society within Charted Space. However the deep effects of nanotechnology still remain unseen. Greater social change has been predicted by many Imperial futurists.

  • Grey Goo, or swarms of rampaging nanotechnological machines, are one such technological evolution that has yet to come to pass.
  • Regrowth

Cryotechnology & Cold Sleep[edit]

Cryotechnology is in widespread use throughout Charted Space. The "cold sleep" is often the most economical way to travel the stars. However, it is not without its risks. Nearly 10% of poorly maintained cryotechnology cocoon sleepers never leave their coffins. Cryotechnic states of suspended animation are synonymous with the term low passage.

Diseases & Plagues[edit]

Please see AAB article: Diseases & Plagues of Charted Space

Organlegging & Medical Crimes[edit]

Organlegging is probably the most well-known medical crime occurring within Charted Space. Organleggers kidnap selected sophonts and then harvest their organs for sale. Cloned or regrown organs often lack the vigor or quality of organs having naturally grown within a sophont's body.

See also[edit]

Technologies[edit]

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References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]

This list of sources was used by the Traveller Wiki Editorial Team and individual contributors to compose this article. Copyrighted material is used under license from Far Future Enterprises or by permission of the author. The page history lists all of the contributions.
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