1st SEMESTER Flashcards
What is the four humors?
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile.
“Father of Medicine” and the founder of the Hippocratic School of Medicine.
HIPPOCRATES
Ophthalmoscope. Invented by?
First visual technology by Hermann von Helmholz.
He proved that urine was formed in the kidney and that arteries carry blood.
GALEN
He/she studies the effects of toxic substances on the physiological functions of human beings.
Toxicologist
First clinical laboratory in the Philippines was established by __________ during ________ and known as the _________.
6th Infantry Division of the US ARMY, World War II, Manila Public Health Laboratory.
Hippocrates authored the oldest binding documents in history which is required to swear upon a number of healing Gods by a new physician.
Hippocratic Oath
Hippocrates believed that diseases _________________ and ______________.
Were caused naturally, the product of environmental factors, diet, and living habits.
Humorism Theory
The four humors: black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, and blood, were fluids that circulated in the body.
Galen described diabetes as?
“Diarrhea of Urine”
A laboratory personnel responsible for the routine preparation, processing, and staining of biopsies and tissue specimens for microscopic examination by a pathologist.
Histotechnologist
What is the first diagnostic medical breakthrough and who invented it?
Stethoscope, Rene Laennec
In the 18th century, ______________ and ___________ were used to provide more objective and accurate diagnosis and to understand the inside of the body.
Mechanical techniques, cadaver dissection.
First President of PAMET? When was he/she elected?
Mr. Charlemagne Tamondong in September 20, 1964.
Explain Medical Technology Act of 1969.
R.A. 5527 or known as Medical Technology Act of 1969, Section 2a, states that a person shall be deemed to be in the practice of medical technology for the purpose of aiding the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of diseases and in the promotion of health.
Used in measuring blood pressure. Inventor?
Sphygmomanometer, Jules Herisson.
He discovered by accident that radiation could penetrate solid objects with low density and invented X-ray.
Whilhelm Roentgen.
Founded in 1922 encouraging the cooperation between physicians and clinical pathologists.
American Society of Clinical Pathology.
First hospital in the Philippines in Cebu established by the spaniards.
Hospital Real
Examines microscopic slides of body cells for abnormalities or anomalies in structures.
Cytotechnologist
They conducted a training program for aspiring laboratory workers after instituting the public health laboratory in manila.
Dr. Pio de Roda and Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana.
ASCP established the code of ethics for technicians and technologists stating that?
These allied health professionals should work under the provision of a physician and refrain from making oral or written diagnosis and advising physicians on how patients should be treated.
First graduate of medical technology program of MSH’s School of Medical Technology.
Dr. Jessie Umali
She was asked to prepare a six-month formal syllabus for the training program with certificate for the trainees upon completion.
Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana
