History of Med Tech - In the US Flashcards
Uni College at Cambridge
1858, part–time clinicians to teachers
1871
Harvard University - learning by doing, followed by UPENN and Uni of Michigan
1876
John Hopkins School of Medicine -> 2 years of instruction
1870-1893
Dr. William H. Welch, first to apply pathology to medical diagnosis
1880
Dr. William Osler, Father of Modern Medicine, microscope and blood counting machine
Dr. Silas Douglas
First Lab at Uni of Michigan, first to give lab instructions
1887
University Hospital in Philadelphia by Douglas, Osler, and George Dock. Osler all patients lab exam
John Burdon-Sanderson
1887 lab methods elucidates/explains pathological problems
1896
John Hopkins first clinical lab by Osler.
1900
100 male technician
1920
3,500 male technicians
1922
3,035 hospital had clinical labs
“Manual of Chemical Diagnosis”
1908, Dr. James C. Todd, standard reference
“Clinical Diagnosis by Lab Methods”
1908, Dr. Arthur Stanford, edited by Davidson and Henry
1911
National Insurance Act, basis of diagnosing diseases