early beginning of med tech

Question 1

the father of Medicine formulated the Hippocratic Oath, the code of ethics for practicing physicians.

Answer 1

460 BC Greek physician HIPPOCRATES –

Question 2

the father of Medicine

Answer 2

HIPPOCRATES –

Question 3

Hippocratic Oath,

Answer 3

the code of ethics for practicing physicians.

Question 4

He described four humors or body fluids in man and felt to be the source of a person’s disposition and disease in ancient times.

Answer 4

HIPPOCRATES –

Question 5

four humors or body fluids in man –

Answer 5

the blood, phlegm, yellow bile and the black bile

Question 6

the source of a person’s disposition and disease in ancient times.

Answer 6

four humors or body fluids in man – the blood, phlegm, yellow bile and the black bile

Question 7

Urine was regarded as…

Answer 7

a composite of these humors.(blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile)

Question 8

__________recorded the sweet taste of diabetic urine.

Answer 8

Hindu physician

Question 9

Visual examination of urine at bedside could diagnose illness. (not a question just choose 1 to remember it)

Answer 9

The polyuria of diabetes was also noted in ancient times as early as 600BC.

Question 10

They Influenced ancient physicians

Answer 10

Astrology
Superstition
Folk-lore

But they made credible observation about urine

Question 11

Study of urine that has been passed down from the ancient times and is regarded as the oldest of laboratory procedure today

Answer 11

urinalysis

Question 12

polyuria

Answer 12

sign of diabetes mellitus

Question 13

a medical technologist
traces the beginning of medical technology when intestinal parasites such as Taenia and Ascaris were first identified.

Answer 13

Vivian Herrick (1500 BC)

Question 14

believed that medical technology began when a book for the treatment of disease was published – Contained the description of three stages of hookworm infection and disease it can produce to human.

Answer 14

Ebers Papyrus

Question 15

Believed that medical technology began from the medieval period (1096-1438) as supported by the fact that Urinalysis was a Fad.

Answer 15

Ruth Williams

Question 16

Made the scientific observation that the urine of certain individuals attracted ants and that such urine has a sweetish taste.

Answer 16

Hindu Doctors

Question 17

Greatest of the early microscopist

His contribution to embryology and anatomy made him known “Founder of Pathology”

Answer 17

Malphigi (1628-1694)

Question 18

Invented and improved the compound microscope
First to describe RBCs, see protozoa and classify bacteria according to shape.
His invention led to the rapid progress of microbiology and pathology

Answer 18

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek (1096-1438)

Question 19

Believed that medical technology started when a prominent Italian doctor (Alessandra Giliani) at the University of Bologna employed to perform different tasks in the laboratory, unfortunately she died due to laboratory acquired infection.

Answer 19

Anne Fagelson (14th century)

Question 20

Performed the first quantitative test for sugar

Answer 20

Herman Fehling (1848

Question 21

Pathology was practiced
One of the youngest medical specialists.
Founder of Archives of Pathology in Berlin

Answer 21

Rudolph Virchow (1847)

Question 22

Discovery of the different dyes such as the Aniline dyes used in staining microorganisms was in the….

Answer 22

middle of the 15th century.

Question 23

The dyes used in ______ led to the development of microbiology

Answer 23

staining,

Question 24

The new science became known in Germany and spread in the following countries:

Answer 24

Greece
Japan
Turkey
England
United States