CHAPTER 1 Flashcards
Medical Technology is a combination of
Medicine and the use of technology
triad of regimen in treatment of diseases (drugs, surgery and bloodletting)
HIPPOCRATES 300 BC
Measurement of body humors (blood, phlegm, yellow and black bile)
They advocated to increase the quality of life of patients through medieval techniques of medicine
GALEN 300 BC
Designed a book of urine that details its characteristics (color, density, quality)
ISAAC JUDAEUS 900 AD
In what year does Urinalysis became a commonplace as a medical examination?
Between 900 AD and early 11th century.
What happened in early 11th century?
Physical examination is prohibited without relying first on patient’s description and manifestations
Mid early 11th century and 19th century, dissection provides what?
a more accurate diagnosis and understand internal anatomy
Extensive modernization of technology by using instruments and machines for diagnosis of diseases happened in this century
19th century
Uphaul of medical treatment based on laboratory findings
APOTHECARIES ACT OF 1815
First to study manifestation of diseases on a microscopic level
RUDOLF VIRCHOW (1821)
mid 1800s and 1900s laboratories became a
designed for analyzing specimen
he Introduced the use of microscope for blood counting in hospital-based laboratories.
DR. WILLIAM OSLER
built a laboratory in University of Philadelphia Hospital, mandating all patients to undergo routine laboratory examination
DR. DOUGLAS and Dr. William Osler
where does dr. douglas built a laboratory
UNIVERSITY OF PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL
Technical laboratories are regulated by Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
mid 1900s and 1940s