Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

PMLS 1 > History of Medical Technology > Flashcards

History of Medical Technology Flashcards

1
Q

It is the collection, receipt, preparation, investigation, and laboratory analysis of samples of human biological material

A

Medical Technology

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

In the Bronze age, the disease is known to be the works of evil spirits. True or False

A

False (Stone Age)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

In this age, the priest is known as healers and exorcists

CHOICES:
Bronze Age, Stone Age

A

Bronze Age

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

He is the father of medicine

CHOICES:
Ruth Williams, Vivian Herrick, Hippocrates, William Harvey, Pope Innocent ViII, Galen, Ebers Papyrus, Hindu doctors, Anna Fagelson, Richard Lower

A

Hippocrates

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

The four “humors” are

  1. blood
  2. phlegm
  3. bile
  4. sweat

True or False

A

False

(1. blood
2. phlegm
3. yellow bile
4. black bile)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Who described diabetes as diarrhea of the urine

CHOICES:
Ruth Williams, Vivian Herrick, Hippocrates, William Harvey, Pope Innocent ViII, Galen, Ebers Papyrus, Hindu doctors, Anna Fagelson, Richard Lower

A

Galen

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Traces the beginning of medical technology back to 1500 BC when intestinal parasites such as Taenia and Ascaris were mentioned in early writings.

CHOICES:
Ruth Williams, Vivian Herrick, Hippocrates, William Harvey, Pope Innocent ViII, Galen, Ebers Papyrus, Hindu doctors, Anna Fagelson, Richard Lower

A

Vivian Herrick

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

What book contains the description of three stages of hookworm infections?

CHOICES:
Ruth Williams, Vivian Herrick, Hippocrates, William Harvey, Pope Innocent ViII, Galen, Ebers Papyrus, Hindu doctors, Anna Fagelson, Richard Lower

A

Ebers Papyrus

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Oldest laboratory procedure

A

Urinalysis

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

She believed that medical technology started in the medieval period

CHOICES:
Ruth Williams, Vivian Herrick, Hippocrates, William Harvey, Pope Innocent ViII, Galen, Ebers Papyrus, Hindu doctors, Anna Fagelson, Richard Lower

A

Ruth Williams

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

______ observed that urine attracted ants have a sweetish taste

CHOICES:
Ruth Williams, Vivian Herrick, Hippocrates, William Harvey, Pope Innocent ViII, Galen, Ebers Papyrus, Hindu doctors, Anna Fagelson, Richard Lower

A

Hindu doctors

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

She believed that medical technology begins during the 14th Century. Also, she was the one who died from a laboratory-acquired infection.

CHOICES:
Ruth Williams, Vivian Herrick, Hippocrates, William Harvey, Pope Innocent ViII, Galen, Ebers Papyrus, Hindu doctors, Anna Fagelson, Richard Lower

A

Anna Fagelson

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

The first unlucky recipient of blood transfusion (1942)

CHOICES:
Ruth Williams, Vivian Herrick, Hippocrates, William Harvey, Pope Innocent ViII, Galen, Ebers Papyrus, Hindu doctors, Anna Fagelson, Richard Lower

A

Pope Innocent VIII

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Wilson Harvey discovered blood circulation. True or False

A

False (William Harvey)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

The first to perform a blood transfusion (animal to animal)

CHOICES:
Ruth Williams, Vivian Herrick, Hippocrates, William Harvey, Pope Innocent ViII, Galen, Ebers Papyrus, Hindu doctors, Anna Fagelson, Richard Lower

A

Richard Lower

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Jean-Baptiste Denys performed the first fully documented blood transfusion of animals to humans. True or False

A

True

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

He is an ob-gyne that has successfully transfused blood human to human for the first time

CHOICES:
Dr. William Occam, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, James Blundell, Marcelo Malpighi, Edward Jenner, Rudolf Virchow, Baronkarlwilhelm von Humboldt

A

James Blundell

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Father of Microbiology and invented the Compound Microscope. Also, the first one to describe blood cells, to see protozoa, and to classify bacteria according to shape

CHOICES:
Dr. William Occam, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, James Blundell, Marcelo Malpighi, Edward Jenner, Rudolf Virchow, Baronkarlwilhelm von Humboldt

A

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

The founder of pathology and discovered the capillaries

CHOICES:
Dr. William Occam, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, James Blundell, Marcelo Malpighi, Edward Jenner, Rudolf Virchow, Baronkarlwilhelm von Humboldt

A

Marcelo Malpighi

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Bruce Jenner discovered the cross-immunity of smallpox and cowpox. True or False

A

False (Edward Jenner)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

He searched and found the answer to the diagnosis of his patients by several means

CHOICES:
Dr. William Occam, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, James Blundell, Marcelo Malpighi, Edward Jenner, Rudolf Virchow, Baronkarlwilhelm von Humboldt

A

Dr. William Occam

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Through his leadership medicine brought itself in a complete revolution

CHOICES:
Dr. William Occam, Anton Van Leeuwenhoek, James Blundell, Marcelo Malpighi, Edward Jenner, Rudolf Virchow, Baronkarlwilhelm von Humboldt

A

Baronkarlwilhelm von Humboldt

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

Jules Duboscq
1845-developed the first visual colorimeter based on Beer’s Law
1912- introduced in the clinical laboratory

True or False

A

False (1854 and 1902)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

One of the youngest medical specialist and founded the Archives of Pathology in Berlin in 1847

Choices:
Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda, Prudencia Sta. Ana, Dr. Jesse Umali, Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes, Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez, Rudolf Virchow

A

Rudolf Virchow

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Pioneer of antiseptic surgery and father of modern surgery

CHOICES:
Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Emil von Behring, Hermann, Fehling

A

Joseph Lister

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

First attenuated vaccine and develops and anthrax and rabies vaccine.

CHOICES:
Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Emil von Behring, Hermann, Fehling

A

Louis Pasteur

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar

CHOICES:
Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Emil von Behring, Hermann Fehling

A

Hermann Fehling

28
Q

Serum antitoxins

CHOICES:
Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Emil von Behring, Hermann Fehling, Karl Landsteiner

A

Emil von Behring

29
Q

Discovers the medical use of x-rays in medical imaging

CHOICES:
Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Emil von Behring, Hermann Fehling, Karl Landsteiner

A

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

30
Q

The production of Aniline Dyes about the middle of 19th century, it became possible to stain bacteria and to study them better under the Microscope. True or False

31
Q

He was noted for having first distinguished the ABO blood group system and Blood typing

CHOICES:
Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Emil von Behring, Hermann Fehling, Karl Landsteiner

A

Karl Landsteiner

32
Q

In this age, herbal medicines were widely used but its therapeutic benefits were not scientifically proven

CHOICES:
Stone Age, Middle Age, Bronze Age, Acupuncture, Leeching, Arabic science

A

Middle Age

33
Q

China’s most effective means of treatment

CHOICES:
Stone Age, Middle Age, Bronze Age, Acupuncture, Leeching, Arabic science

A

Acupuncture

34
Q

Field optics that led to specialization in the treatment of eye disease

CHOICES:
Stone Age, Middle Age, Bronze Age, Acupuncture, Leeching, Arabic science

A

Arabic science

35
Q

The 17th century was the age of enlightenment and a lot of improvement in medical educations. Additionally, this era is still associated with charlatan, quackery & superstition. True or False

A

False (18th)

36
Q

Who invented the stethoscope?

CHOICES:
Rene Laennec, Hermann Von Helmholz, Anton Van Leeuwonhok, Wilhelm Röntgen, Manual Garcia, William, Einthoven, Philip Drinker, Elizabeth Kenny.

A

Rene Laennec

37
Q

Who invented the electrocardiograph?

CHOICES:
Rene Laennec, Hermann Von Helmholz, Anton Van Leeuwonhok, Wilhelm Röntgen, Manual Garcia, William Einthoven, Philip Drinker, Elizabeth Kenny.

A

William Einthoven

38
Q

Who invented the Ophthalmoscope and lung machine?

CHOICES:
Rene Laennec, Hermann Von Helmholz, Anton Van Leeuwonhok, Wilhelm Röntgen, Manual Garcia, William Einthoven, Philip Drinker, Elizabeth Kenny.

A

Hermann Von Helmholz

39
Q

Who invented the drinker respirator?

CHOICES:
Rene Laennec, Hermann Von Helmholz, Anton Van Leeuwonhok, Wilhelm Röntgen, Manual Garcia, William Einthoven, Philip Drinker, Elizabeth Kenny.

A

Philip Drinker

40
Q

Who invented the Xray?

CHOICES:
Rene Laennec, Hermann Von Helmholz, Anton Van Leeuwonhok, Wilhelm Röntgen, Manual Garcia, William Einthoven, Philip Drinker, Elizabeth Kenny

A

Wilhelm Röntgen

41
Q

Who invented the microscope?

CHOICES:
Rene Laennec, Hermann Von Helmholz, Anton Van Leeuwonhok, Wilhelm Röntgen, Manual Garcia, William Einthoven, Philip Drinker, Elizabeth Kenny

A

Anton Van Leeuwonhok

42
Q

Who invented the laryngoscope?

CHOICES:
Rene Laennec, Hermann Von Helmholz, Anton Van Leeuwonhok, Wilhelm Röntgen, Manual Garcia, William Einthoven, Philip Drinker, Elizabeth Kenny

A

Manual Garcia

43
Q

Who devised the Kenny method?

CHOICES:
Rene Laennec, Hermann Von Helmholz, Anton Van Leeuwonhok, Wilhelm Röntgen, Manual Garcia, William Einthoven, Philip Drinker, Elizabeth Kenny

A

Elizabeth Kenny

44
Q

What year was the cardiac catheterization and angiography was discovered?

CHOICES:
1941, 1943, 1945

45
Q 
Harvard University was the first chemical laboratory in
the USA (1844) where it became the largest and best-equipped chemical
laboratory opened to students. True or False
A

False (University of Michigan)

46
Q

He started the first laboratory instruction

CHOICES:
Dr. Silas Douglas, Dr. William H. Welch, JOHN SCOTT BURDON-SANDERSON, Dr. William Osler, Dr. James C. Todd

A

Dr. Silas Douglas

47
Q

He is the Father of American Pathology and Set up the first pathology laboratory in America at Bellevue Hospital in 1878

CHOICES:
Dr. Silas Douglas, Dr. William H. Welch, JOHN SCOTT BURDON-SANDERSON, Dr. William Osler, Dr. James C. Todd

A

Dr. William H. Welch

48
Q

Concluded that the use of laboratory methods in Clinical Medicine elucidates pathological problems.

CHOICES:
Dr. Silas Douglas, Dr. William H. Welch, JOHN SCOTT BURDON-SANDERSON, Dr. William Osler, Dr. James C. Todd

A

JOHN SCOTT BURDON-SANDERSON

49
Q

the routine examination was carried out, special attention being given to the search for the malarial parasite in the blood

CHOICES:
Dr. Silas Douglas, Dr. William H. Welch, JOHN SCOTT BURDON-SANDERSON, Dr. William Osler, Dr. James C. Todd

A

Dr. William Osler

50
Q

He wrote the “A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis”; retitled “Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods” which is the standard reference for laboratories.

CHOICES:
Dr. Silas Douglas, Dr. William H. Welch, JOHN SCOTT BURDON-SANDERSON, Dr. William Osler, Dr. James C. Todd

A

Dr. James C. Todd

51
Q

World War II - An important factor in the growth of the clinical laboratory with a demand for medical personnel in the military as well as civilian hospitals. True or False

A

False (WW I)

52
Q

One of the first schools for training workers “Courses in Medical Technology for Clinical and Laboratory Technicians” and the first to offer a degree level program believed to be in 1923

CHOICES:
University of Minnesota, University of Pennsylvania

A

University of Minnesota

53
Q

World War II marked an effect on lab medicine; the use of blood increased & the “closed system” of blood collection was widely adopted. True or False

54
Q

San Lazaro hospital was the first laboratory in the Philippines. True or False

A

False (Hospital de San Juan de Dios)

55
Q

During the matrial law the _________ was established: PHC, LCP, NKTI

A

Tertiary hospital

56
Q

Medical technology practice was introduced by the

24th Medical Laboratory of the 6th US Army. True or False

A

False (26th)

57
Q

First clinical laboratory in the Philippines at Quiricada Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila where the Manila Public Health Laboratory is presently located. True or False

58
Q

Dr. _________ organized the Manila Public Health Laboratory with Dr. Mariano Icasiano as the Manila City Health Officer

Choices:
Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda, Prudencia Sta. Ana, Dr. Jesse Umali, Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes, Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez

A

Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda

59
Q

Dr. Pio De Roda and Dr. _______ introduced the training of high school graduates as medical technicians. Also, she was the one who prepared the syllabus for the training program.

Choices:
Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda, Prudencia Sta. Ana, Dr. Jesse Umali, Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes, Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez

A

Prudencia Sta. Ana

60
Q

When and who is the founder of the Medical Technology Education course in the Philippines

A

1953 - Willa Hilgert Hedrick

61
Q

Offered the first four-year B.S. degree in Medical Technology with Manila Sanitarium

A

Philippine Union College

62
Q

PUC-1st Medical Technology graduate

Choices:
Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda, Prudencia Sta. Ana, Dr. Jesse Umali, Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes, Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez

A

Dr. Jesse Umali

63
Q

2 faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sto. Tomas offered medical technology as an elective subject to 4th and 5th year B.S. Pharmacy students.

Choices:
Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda, Prudencia Sta. Ana, Dr. Jesse Umali, Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes, Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez

A

Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes

64
Q

He decided to offer it as a course because of the popularity of medical technology among pharmacy students.

Choices:
Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda, Prudencia Sta. Ana, Dr. Jesse Umali, Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes, Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez

A

Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez

65
Q

June 14, 1961 – full recognition of the 4-year B.S. Medical Technology course.
True or False

66
Q

Mrs. Purification Sunico-Suaco was granted by the University President Carmen de Luna. Their first graduate was in 1962

CHOICES:
Centro Escolar University, Far Eastern University

A

Centro Escolar University

67
Q

Dr. Horacio A. Ylagan and Dr. Serafin J. Juliano It produced its first graduates in 1963.

CHOICES:
Centro Escolar University, Far Eastern University

A

Far Eastern University

PMLS 1 (23 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions