HISTORY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Flashcards
He is the father of medicine
Hippocrates
What are the four humors in man?
BLOOD, PHLEGM, YELLOW BILE AND BLACK BILE
It was regarded as the composite of the 4 humors
Urine
They recorded the sweet taste of diabetic urines as well as polyuria in diabetes
Hindu Physicians
In what year does the hindu physicians recorded the sweet taste of diabetic urine?
600 B.C.
He identified Taenia and Ascaris
Vivian Herrick
In what year Ebers Papyrus was discovered?
1500 B.C.
What do you call the oldest Egyptian compilation of medical texts?
Ebers papyrus
Who invented the compound microscope?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
In what year does the first microscope was invented?
1632
He was the first to describe the red blood cells, protozoa, and to classify bacteria according to shape
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
He is the founder of Pathology and the greatest of early microscopist
Marcelo Malphigi
He is the founder of the “Archives of Pathology” in Berlin
Rudolph Virchow
In what year does Rudolph Virchow founded the “Archives of Pathology”
1847
He performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar
Herman Fehling
What year does Herman Fehling performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar?
1848
What century dyes has been discovered?
15th Century
He became the first professor of Pathology at John Hopkins University (1885)
Dr. William H. Welch
Where does Dr. William H. Welch established a laboratory?
Bellevue Hospital Medical College
He opened the first clinical laboratory at John Hopkins Hospital
Dr. William Osler
In what year does the first clinical laboratory opened at John Hopkins Hospital?
1896
On 1896 what laboratory was opened at the University of Pennsylvania?
William Pepper Laboratory
Who wrote the “A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis” which became the standard reference for laboratories?
Dr. James C. Todd
When was the “Manual of Clinical Diagnosis” written?
1908
