History of Med Tech Flashcards
Collection, receipt, preparation, investigation and laboratory analysis of samples of human biological material for the purpose of supporting patient diagnosis, management and treatment and for the maintenance of health and wellbeing
Medical Technology
The branch of medicine concerned with the performance of laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease and the maintenance of health.
Anna Fagelson (1961)
The application of principles of natural, physical, and biological sciences to the performance of laboratory
procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases
Ruth Heinemann (1963)
The health profession concerned with performing laboratory analyses in view of obtaining information necessary in the diagnosis and treatment of disease as well as in the maintenance of good health.
Walters
An auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examination by various chemical, microscopic,
bacteriologic and other medical laboratory procedures or technique which will aid the physician in the diagnosis, study, and treatment of disease and in the promotion of health in general
Republic Act No. 5527/ The Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969
“Father of Medicine”
Hippocratic Oath-the code of ethics for practicing physicians.
Described four “humors” or body fluids in man
(blood, phlegm, yellow bile & black bile)
Hippocrates (460BC-370BC)
four “humors” or body fluids in man
(blood, phlegm, yellow bile & black bile)
traces the beginning of medical technology
intestinal parasite such as Taenia and Ascaris were mentioned in early writings
Vivian Herrick (1500BC)
book for treatment of diseases
-contains description of the three stages of hookworm infection
Ebers Papyrus
scientific observation”- urine of certain individuals attracted ants, and that such urine has a sweetish taste
Early Hindu Doctors (1096-1438)
600 BC
Hindu physician recorded the sweet taste of diabetic urine
1674
that the urine in diabetes had a taste similar to honey
reaped fortunes from diagnosing diseases by the appearance for the urine
Quacks
prefers to date MT from 14th century,
a prominent Italian physician, Mondino de’ Liuzzi at the University of Bologna employed one ______ to perform certain tasks now under the domain of the medical technology profession. Unfortunately, this young lady died from a laboratory acquired
infection
Anna Fagelson
*Allesandra Giliani
first unlucky recipient of blood transfusion
Pope Innocent VIII (1492)
discovered blood circulation, the era of blood transfusion started
William Harvey
first physician to perform direct transfusion of blood.
showed it was possible for blood to be transfused from animal to animal
Richard Lower
notable for having performed the first fully documented human blood transfusion.
Animal to human
Jean-Baptiste Denys
Performed the first successful transfusion of blood to a patient for treatment of
a haemorrhage.
Human to human
James Blundell (1829)
developed the first crude model of a compound model microscope
Zaccharias Jansen (1590)
invented and improved the compound mircroscope
first to describe red blood cells to see protozoa, and to classify bacteria according to shape.
Father of Microbiology
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
the “Greatest of the Early Microscopists”
works in embryology and anatomy definitely marks him as the “Founder of Pathology”.
Marcello Malpighi
cross-immunity of smallpox and cowpox
Edward Jenner (1798)
searched and found the answer to the diagnosis of his patients by several means and part of this process of collection evidence was investigation in the laboratory, and a large part of the complete picture consisted of laboratory findings.
Dr. William Occam (1800)
production of Aniline dyes
it became possible to stain bacteria and to study them better under the microscope
19th century
the development of the physical findings before and after death in establishing an anatomical pathology and later in adding bacteriology to the elucidation of the causes of disease and the laboratory examinations
Baron Karl Wilhelm von Humboldt (1815)
developed the first visual colorimeter based on Beer’s Law.
introduced in the clinical laboratory.
Jules Duboscq
- 1854
- 1902
One of the youngest of the medical specialist
Founded the Archives of Pathology in Berlin in 1847
Rudolf Virchow
Pioneer of antiseptic surgery
Father of Modern Surgery
Joseph Lister
Performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar.
Hermann Fehling
First vaccine for cholera.
1879
First attenuated vaccine
develops an anthrax vaccine.
develops a rabies vaccine
“Father of Modern Microbiology”
Louis Pasteur
discovers antitoxins and uses them to develop tetanus and diphtheria vaccines
Emil von Behring (1890)
discovers medical use of X-rays in medical imaging
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1895)
Noted for having first distinguished the ABO blood group system.
Blood Typing
Karl Landsteiner (1900)
discover insulin – important for the treatment of diabetes
Frederick Banting and Charles Best
First vaccine for tuberculosis
First vaccine for tetanus
1927
discovered properties in mould that fight bacteria. His discovery of penicillin was one of the greatest innovations in the history of medicine
Alexander Fleming (1928)
performs the first human kidney transplant (on identical twins)
Joseph Murray (1954)
started the first laboratory instruction
Dr. Silas Douglas (1884)
the first laboratory (chemical laboratory)
University of Michigan
1854
Medical College of St. Bartholomew.
all part-time practicing clinicians were reinforced as teachers by whole time professional units applying the new laboratory methods to medical practice and medical teaching at the University College at Cambridge
1858
established another laboratory at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
he gave the first laboratory course in pathology ever offered in an American Medical School.
became the first Professor of Pathology at John Hopkins University.
John Hopkins
1878, 1885
the 1st pathologist of the John Hopkins Hospital Department of Pathology
Dr. Simon Flexner (1885)
first clinical laboratory
John Hopkins Hospital
routine examination were carried out, special attention being given to the search for malarial parasite in the blood.”
Dr. William Oster 1896
Another clinical laboratory was opened
University of Pennsylvania
wrote “A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis
Dr. James C. Todd 1906
This book was retitled to
“Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods”
6th edition by Dr. Todd and Dr. Arthur Sanford
presently published under the editorship of Davidson and Henry
“Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods”
first schools for training workers
University of Minnesota
1967
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act
1999
Clinical Laboratory Science is adopted
MT in the Philippines was introduced by
The 26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th US Army
First Clinical Laboratory and its address
Manila Public Health Laboratory
Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila
The laboratory offered training programs to high school graduates
Feb. 1944
formally organized the Manila Public Health Laboratory
Dr. Pio de Roda (Oct 1, 1945)
the training of high school graduated to work as medical technicians was revised
Dr. Pio de Roda and Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana (1947)
founder of the Medical Technology Education/course in the Philippines.
Mrs. Willa Hilgert-Hedrick 1953
the first Medical internist of the Manila Sanitarium and Hospital
Dr. Hedrick
a six-month laboratory training with certificate upon completion was given to trainees.
Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana 1954
offered the first four-year B.S. degree in Medical Technology with Manila Sanitarium (Manila Adventist Medical Center)
Philippine Union College (1954)
first Medical technology graduate
Jesse Umali (1956)
offered Medical Technology as an elective subject to 4th & 5th year B.S. Pharmacy students.
Dr. Antonio Gabriel & Dr. Gustavo Reyes
University of Sto. Tomas
full recognition of the 4 – year B.S. Medical Technology course was given
June 14, 1961
Followed in 1960 through the pioneering efforts of Mrs. Purification Sunico-Suaco who was granted by the University President Carmen de Luna, to work on the feasibility of the offering the medical technology course in the university
Centro Escolar University (1960)
started offering B.S. in Medical technology under the College of Medicine in FEU
Dr. Horacio A. Ylagan and Dr. Serafin J. Juliano
