(1) Overview of Medical Technology (RVSP) Flashcards
Described the 4 humors the human body
Hippocrates
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
The 4 humors:
- blood
- phlegm
- black bile
- yellow bile
Serves as a the source of a person’s disposition and disease in ancient times
4 humors
Regarded as a composite of the 4 humors
Urine
Oldest lab procedure
Urinalysis
Traced the beginning of medical technology to 1500 BC
Vivian Herrick
Intestinal parasites studied by Vivian Herrick
- Hookworm
- Ascaris
- Taenia
A book for treatment of diseases; contains descriptions of the 3 stages of hookworm infection
Ebers Papyrus
Book that states that medical technology began during the Medieval period (1096-1438) because urinalysis was a fad
An Introduction to the Profession of Medical Technology
Author of An Introduction to the Profession of Medical Technology
Ruth Williams
Scientists that made the “scientific observation” that urine of certain individuals attracted ants and had a sweet taste
Hindu doctors
Prefers to date medical technology from the 14th century when an Italian physician employed Allesandra Giliani to perform tasks now under the domain of medical technology
Anne Fagelson
Hired by an Italian physician in the 14th century to perform tasks now under the domain of medical technology
Allesandra Giliani
Fluid of life
Blood
First unlucky recipient for blood transfusion
Pope Innocent VIII
Discovered blood circulation
William Harvey
First animal to animal blood transfusion
Richard Lower
First animal to human blood transfusion
Jean Baptiste-Denis
First human to human blood transfusion
James Blundell
Discovered ABO blood group system
Karl Landsteiner
Invented the compound microscope
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
First to describe RBCs, see protozoa , and classify bacteria according to shape
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Founder of Pathology
Marcello Malphigi
Greatest of the early microscopists; worked with anatomy and embryology
Marcello Malphigi
Youngest of the early microscopists
Rudolf Virchow
Fouded the Archives of Pathology in Berlin on 1847
Rudolf Virchow
Performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar
Herman Fehling
Developed the first visual colorimeter based on Beer’s Law
Jules Dubosq
Dyes produced around the mid-15th century
Aniline dyes