HISTORY Flashcards
Stethoscope by Rene Laennec
1816
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
observing of
urine; tasting of urine, listening to the lungs, and observing outward appearances
Hippocrates
Greek physician and philosopher
Claudius Galen
What is uroscopy?
Water casting
First book detailing of the characteristics of urine
was written
900 AD
Medical practitioners were not allowed to
conduct physical examination of the body and solely based on the patient’s description
11th Century
Mechanical techniques and cadaver dissections are being used to provide a more objective and accurate diagnosis
18th century
Physicians began using machines for diagnosis
19th Century
What did John Hutchinson invented in the 19th Century?
Spirometer
What is the Spirometer for?
Measuring the vital capacity of the lungs
When was the Sphygmomanometer invented?
19th Century
What is the Sphygmomanometer for?
Measuring blood pressure
Who invented the Stethoscope?
Rene Laennec
When did Rene Laennec invented the Stethoscope?
1816
What is the first diagnostic breakthrough?
the stethoscope
When did the microscope get invented?
1840
Who invented the microscope?
Antoine Van Leeuwenhoek
When did the ophthalmoscope got invented?
1850
Who invented the ophthalmoscope?
Hermann von Helmholz
What is the first visual technology?
Ophthalmoscope
who invented the laryngoscope?
Manuel Garcia
When did the laryngoscope got invented?
1855
who invented the x-ray?
Wilhelm Roentgen