General Trek Questions and Observations

[The Rock]

In my opinion, this show trying to use modern day lingo will date the show in the future. The more you use it, the less it holds up. Watch TOS or TNG (and Prodigy) and it still works - you can still understand the terms. Use things that are current slang, and by next year it will be out of date.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

I wonder about little details like how do doctors like Crusher or Pulaski do their job, when it comes to bigger procedures? Has the 24th Century eliminated the need for surgery altogether? Do doctors no longer get their hands dirty doing the nitty gritty in an operating theatre?

How do they treat something like herniated disks or abdominal hernias for example?

 

[Finn]

They had major medical procedures shown on TNG several times.

Hernias are probably treated like removing warts though.

 

[Candleicious Ghost]

They had major medical procedures shown on TNG several times.

Hernias are probably treated like removing warts though.

But I don't think traditional surgery is done like we do today, I think most of the cutting would be gone by their time

 

[Finn]

They still do cutting, like with Picard's heart or Worf's spine, or removing/placing Dax.

All of that stuff like broken bones or cancer can be taken care of without cutting. We saw that many times, with a hypospray or a gizmo on their skin.