History of Medical Technology

Question 1

A health care professional who plays a key role in the modern laboratory – performs various clinical, laboratory procedures that helps the physicians to diagnose, monitor, and treat a certain human condition.

Answer 1

Medical technologist

Question 2

A healthcare professional who performs diagnostic analytic tests on body fluids such as blood, urine, sputum, stool, cerebrospinal fluid
(CSF), peritoneal fluid, pericardial fluid, and synovial fluid, as well as other specimens.

Answer 2

Medical technologist

Question 3

Application of principles.

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Answer 3

Heinemann

Question 4

Performance of laboratory procedures.

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Answer 4

Heinemann

Question 5

Performance of Laboratory determinations and analyses.

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Answer 5

Anne Fagelson

Question 6

Maintenance of health.

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Answer 6

Anne Fagelson

Question 7

An auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examinations by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic and other medical laboratory procedures or technique.

Answer 7

Medical technology

Question 8

A duly registered physician who is specially trained in methods of medicine, or the gross examination of tissues, and function of human body to diagnose certain disease.

Answer 8

Pathologist

Question 9

A person who engages in the work of medical technology under the supervision of a pathologist, and a graduate of bachelor in medical technology who passed the board exam. Also regarded as the “living clinical eye”.

Answer 9

Medical technologist

Question 10

A person who is a graduate of bachelor of medtech but failed to passed the board exam.

Answer 10

Medical technician

Question 11

Greek physician Hippocrates the father of scientific medicine, adopt the triad of regimen, in treating diseases and infections with the use of drugs, surgery, and bloodletting.

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Answer 11

460 BC

Question 12

Vivian Herrick shown the incidence of intestinal parasitic infection caused by Ascaris lumbricoides and Taena species.

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Answer 12

1550 BC

Question 13

A book that describes the treatment of diseases and the three stages hookworm infection.

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Ebers Papyrus

Question 14

An Arabian physician, proved that scabies are caused by parasites.

Answer 14

Anenzoa

Question 15

What period when urinalysis became a fashion of practice?

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Medieval period ((1098-1438)

Question 16

Anna Fagelson strongly confirmed the beginnings of medtech when she correlated that the cause of death by Alexander Gilani, a laboratory worker in the university of bologna, was due to laboratory-acquired infection.

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Answer 16

14th century

Question 17

Anton Van Leuwenhoek invented the first functional crude microscope. First scientist to observe and describe the appearance of red blood cell.

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Answer 17

17th century

Question 18

He invented the first functional crude microscope.

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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 19

Father of pathology and histology.

Answer 19

Marcelo Malphigi

Question 20

She strongly confirmed the beginnings of medtech when she correlated that the cause of death by Alexander Gilani, a laboratory worker in the university of bologna, was due to laboratory-acquired infection.

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Anna Fagelson

Question 21

Father of microscopic pathology.

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Rudolf Virchow

Question 22

The first scientist to emphasized the study of manifestation of diseases and infections.

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Rudolf Virchow

Question 23

He was the first to utilize the microscope in examining specimen at the Massachusetts General Hospital.

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Dr. Calvin Ellis

Question 24

He used lab findings as preliminary evidence in diagnosing and evaluating disease.

Answer 24

Dr. Willa Occam

Question 25

APOTHECARIES ACT of 1815 was initiated by ?

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Baron Karl von Humbledt

Question 26

He performed first quantitative test for urine sugar.

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Herman Fehling

Question 27

The first chemical laboratory related to medicine was established at what university?

Answer 27

University of Michigan

Question 28

He established another laboratory at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He gave the first laboratory course in Pathology ever offered in an American Medical School.

Answer 28

Dr. William Welch

Question 29

He became the “first professor of pathology” at the John Hopkins University.

Answer 29

Dr. Welch

Question 30

The “first pathologist” of the John Hopkins Hospital Department of Pathology.

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Dr. Simon Flexner

Question 31

He wrote the book “A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis”. It was retitled “Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods” in its 6th edition by Dr. Todd and Dr. Arthur Sanford. This book became the standard reference for laboratories.

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Dr. James C. Todd

Question 32

One of the first school to trained laboratory workers.

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University of Minnesota 1922

Question 33

First to offer a degree level program.

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University of Minnesota 1923

Question 34

United States required a 2 year collegiate education and a twelve-month actual training in the laboratory for the preparation of its practice. [year]

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1940

Question 35

Standard curriculum was formalized in preparation for a Bachelor of Science degree. [1940]

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1950

Question 36

The US Army established the first Clinical laboratory at?

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Quiricada Sta. Cruz Manila

Question 37

Laboratory (MPHL) offered training program to high school graduates. [date]

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February 1944

Question 38

[2] Offered the first B.S. degree course in Medical Technology.

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Philippine Union College and Manila Sanitarium

Question 39

The first graduate of B.S. MedTech from PUC; now OB-Gynecologist in the USA. He is also the owner of the Omega Laboratory at Vito Cruz, Manila.

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Dr. Jesse Umali

Question 40

She started to offer the medical technology course.

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Mrs. Willa Herrick

Question 41

They offered Medical Technology as an elective subject to 4th and 5th year B.S. Pharmacy students. (UST Faculty of Pharmacy)

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Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo U. Reyes

Question 42

He decided to offer Med.Tech. as a course at UST.

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Rev. Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez

Question 43

Issuance of permit for the internship program. [date]

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June 1960

Question 44

A year where Our Lady of Fatima University- offer the course Medical technology.

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2000

Question 45

Full recognition of the 4- year B.S. Medical Technology course. [date]

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June 14, 1961

Question 46

1878 - He gave the first laboratory course in Pathology ever offered in an American Medical School.

Answer 46

Dr. William H. Welch

Question 47

He obtain significant results in his works in medicine, he initiated the use of laboratory animals for experimentation as part of his lab examination.

Answer 47

Burdon Sunderson

Question 48

The first chemical laboratory related to medicine was established at the University of Michigan by?

Answer 48

Dr. Douglas

Question 49

1896 - Another clinical laboratory was also opened at the?

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University of Pennsylvania (William Pepper Laboratory)

Question 50

1908 — A book wrote by Dr. James C. Todd.

Answer 50

"A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis"

Question 51

"A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis" was retitled to?

Answer 51

"Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods"

Question 52

The state legislature of Pennsylvania enacted a law requiring all hospitals and institutions to have an adequate laboratory and to employ a full time laboratory technician. [year]

Answer 52

1915

Question 53

October 1, 1945 — He organized the Medical laboratory and was given the name Public Health Laboratory. He was assisted by Dr. Mariano Icasiano who was then the Manila City Health officer.

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Dr. Alfredo Pio de Roda

Question 54

He joined the two doctors in the training program at the public health laboratory.

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Dr. Tirso Briones

Question 55

Approval date of RA 5527

Answer 55

June 21, 1969

Question 56

[2] Intestinal parasitic infection shown by Vivian Herrick.

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Ascaris lumbricoides Taena species

Question 57

He first clinical laboratory opened at the John Hopkins Hospital- routine examination were carried out, special attention being given to the search for malarial parasites in blood.

Answer 57

Dr. William Osler