Early Beginnings

Question 1

She traces the beginning of medical technology to as early as 1550 BC.

Answer 1

Vivian Herrick

Question 2

When were the first documented records of parasites and parasitic infections made.

Answer 2

1550 BC

Question 3

The oldest preserved Egyptian compilation of medical texts.

Answer 3

Ebers papyrus

Question 4

Contains the first accounted records of intestinal parasitic infection caused by Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia species.

Answer 4

Ebers papyrus

Question 5

A Hindu physician who described diabetes as characterized by passage of large amount of urine.

Answer 5

Sushruta

Question 6

‘honey urine’

Answer 6

madhumeha

the madhumeha (‘honey urine’)
from diabetes patients is sweet in taste and can attract black ants.

Question 7

A Greek physician considered as the “father of medicine”

Answer 7

Hippocrates

Author of the Hippocratic oath

Question 8

What humor signifies this?

Sanguine: Courageous, hopeful, playful, carefree

Answer 8

Blood

Sanguis

Question 9

What humor signifies this?

Choleric: Ambitious, leader-like, restless, easily angered

Answer 9

Yellow bile

khole

Question 10

What humor signifies this?

Melancholic: Despondent, quiet, analytical, serious

Answer 10

Black bile (melaina khole)

melaina khole

Question 11

What humor signifies this?

Phlegmatic: Calm, thoughtful, patient, peaceful

Answer 11

Phlegm

phlegma

Question 12

Concluded that the appearance of bubbles, blood, and pus in urine indicated kidney disease and chronic illnesses.

Answer 12

Hippocrates

Question 13

Adopted a triad of drugs, surgery, and bloodletting in treating diseases and infection.

Answer 13

Hippocrates

Question 14

Described diabetes as “diarrhea of urine” and established the relationship between fluid intake and urine volume.

Answer 14

Galen

Question 15

Believed that medical technology began from the medieval period(1098-1438).

Answer 15

Ruth Williams

Question 16

When was diagnosis by ‘water casting’ (uroscopy) widely practiced?

Answer 16

Medieval Period

Question 17

When?

Urinalysis became commonplace and was a practice that was followed with exaggerated zeal. Patients submitted their urine specimen in decorative flasks.

Answer 17

Medieval Period

Physicians who failed to examine the urine samples were subjected to public beatings.

Question 18

Who prefers to date the beginnings of the profession in the 14th century?

Answer 18

Anna Fagelson

Question 19

Was hired at the University of Bologna by Mondino de’ Liuzzi, an Italian doctor, to perform some tests and other tasks in the laboratory.

Answer 19

Alessandra Gillani

Unfortunately, Gillani died from a laboratory-acquired disease in 1326