Early Beginnings Flashcards
She traces the beginning of medical technology to as early as 1550 BC.
Vivian Herrick
When were the first documented records of parasites and parasitic infections made.
1550 BC
The oldest preserved Egyptian compilation of medical texts.
Ebers papyrus
Contains the first accounted records of intestinal parasitic infection caused by Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia species.
Ebers papyrus
A Hindu physician who described diabetes as characterized by passage of large amount of urine.
Sushruta
‘honey urine’
madhumeha
the madhumeha (‘honey urine’)
from diabetes patients is sweet in taste and can attract black ants.
A Greek physician considered as the “father of medicine”
Hippocrates
Author of the Hippocratic oath
What humor signifies this?
Sanguine: Courageous, hopeful, playful, carefree
Blood
Sanguis
What humor signifies this?
Choleric: Ambitious, leader-like, restless, easily angered
Yellow bile
khole
What humor signifies this?
Melancholic: Despondent, quiet, analytical, serious
Black bile (melaina khole)
melaina khole
What humor signifies this?
Phlegmatic: Calm, thoughtful, patient, peaceful
Phlegm
phlegma
Concluded that the appearance of bubbles, blood, and pus in urine indicated kidney disease and chronic illnesses.
Hippocrates
Adopted a triad of drugs, surgery, and bloodletting in treating diseases and infection.
Hippocrates
Described diabetes as “diarrhea of urine” and established the relationship between fluid intake and urine volume.
Galen
Believed that medical technology began from the medieval period(1098-1438).
Ruth Williams
When was diagnosis by ‘water casting’ (uroscopy) widely practiced?
Medieval Period
When?
Urinalysis became commonplace and was a practice that was followed with exaggerated zeal. Patients submitted their urine specimen in decorative flasks.
Medieval Period
Physicians who failed to examine the urine samples were subjected to public beatings.
Who prefers to date the beginnings of the profession in the 14th century?
Anna Fagelson
Was hired at the University of Bologna by Mondino de’ Liuzzi, an Italian doctor, to perform some tests and other tasks in the laboratory.
Alessandra Gillani
Unfortunately, Gillani died from a laboratory-acquired disease in 1326
