History Of Medical Technology In A Global Context

Question 1

• Greek Physician
• Father of Medicine

Answer 1

Hippocrates - 300 BC to 180 AD

Question 2

formulated the famous Hippocratic oath

Answer 2

HIppocrates - 300 BC to 180 AD

Question 3

described the 4 humors or body fluids in man

Answer 3

Hippocrates - 300 BC to 180 AD

Question 4

• Greek Physician and Philosopher
• Advocate the 4 humors

Answer 4

Galen

Question 5

Body fluids were felt to be the source of a person’s disposition and disease in ancient times

Answer 5

4 Humors

Question 6

What are the 4 humors?

Answer 6

• blood
• phlegm
• yellow bile
• black bile

Question 7

also called water casting

Answer 7

Uroscopy

Question 8

when and where was uroscopy practiced?

Answer 8

Medieval Europe

Question 9

• patients submitted urine specimen in decorative flasks
• Physicians who failed to examine urine will be subjected to public beating

Answer 9

Uroscopy

Question 10

Who are the 7 people involved in the beginning of medical technology?

Answer 10

1. Vivian Herrick
2. Ruth Williams
3. Anne Fagelson
4. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek
5. Marcelo Malphigi
6. Rudolf Virchow
7. Hermann Von Fehling

Question 11

• Intestinal parasites such as taenia and ascaris were mentioned in early writings

Answer 11

Vivian Herrick (1500 BC)

Question 12

Where was Vivian Herrick’s writing on?

Answer 12

Ebers Papyrus (book for treament of diseases)

Question 13

Early Hindu Doctors obeserved that urine of certain idividuals attracts ants and has a sweet taste

Answer 13

Ruth Williams (Medieval period)

Question 14

According to early Hindu Doctors what does a sweet taste in urine indicate?

Answer 14

Diabetes

Question 15

Reaped fortunes from diagnosing diseases by the appearance of the urine

Answer 15

Quacks

Question 16

who is the prominent Italian physician at the University of Balogna?

Answer 16

Alessandra Giliani

Question 17

What is Alessandra Giliani’s cause of death?

Answer 17

Laboratory acquired infection

Question 18

Who introduced Alessandra Giliani?

Answer 18

Anne Fagelson (14th century)

Question 19

• invented and improved the compound microscope leding to rapid progess of microbiology and pathology

Answer 19

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 20

• the first to describe red blood cells, to see protozoa, and to classify bacteria according to shape

Answer 20

Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 21

• Greatest of the early microscopist
• embryology and anatomy
• The Founder of Pathology

Answer 21

Marcelo Malphigi

Question 22

• one of the youngest medical specialists

Answer 22

Rudolf Virchow

Question 23

founded the Archives of Pathology in Berlin, 1847

Answer 23

Rudolf Virchow

Question 24

Father of Modern Pathology

Answer 24

Rudolf Virchow

Question 25

performed the first quantitative test in urine sugar in 1848

Answer 25

Hermann Von Fehling

Question 26

Establishment of Chemical Laboratory

Answer 26

University of Michigan (1844)

Question 27

Pioneered laboratory instruction in the well-equiped chemical laboratory

Answer 27

Dr. Silas Douglas

Question 28

Laboratory for Pathology

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Bellevue Hospital Medical College (1878)

Question 29

- gave the first laboratory course in pathology offered in an American Medical School

Answer 29

Dr. William Welsch

Question 30

1885 - He became the professor of Pathology at John Hopkins University

Answer 30

Dr. William Welsch

Question 31

First Clinical Laboratory

Answer 31

- University of Pennsylvalnia (1896) - William Pepper Laboratory

Question 32

1919 CENSUS - 3035 hospitals had clinical laboratories

Answer 32

Dr. John Kolmer

Question 33

What is the 1919 census?

Answer 33

"The Demand for & Training for Laboratory Technicians"

Question 34

From 100 make technicians employed in the United States, how much increase did the employment rise in 1920?

Answer 34

3500

Question 35

1908

Answer 35

Dr. James C. Todd

Question 36

What was the retitled version of "A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis?"

Answer 36

"Clinical Diagnosis" by Laboratory Methods in its 6th Edition by Dr. Todd and Dr. Arthur Sanford

Question 37

Who worked at Laboratorio de la Ciudad de Manila (1887)

Answer 37

General Antonio Luna

Question 38

Why did General Antonio Luna work at the Laboratorio de la Ciudad de Manila?

Answer 38

examination of food, water, and clinical samples

Question 39

Bureau of Government Laboratories (Bureau of Science)

Answer 39

- Bellevue Hospital Medical College (1878) - Established by the U.S. Government (1901) - Calle Herran (Pedro Gil), Ermita, Manila - Destroyed during WWII

Question 40

Who introduced Medical Technology in the Philippines?

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26th Medical Infantry of the 6th US Army

Question 41

What happened in 1943?

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- US Army left in June - Endorsed to the Department of Health - DOH rendered the laboratory non-functional for some time

Question 42

First clinical laboratory in the Philippines

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Manila Public Health Laboratory (October 1, 1945)

Question 43

Who rebuilt the deserted laboratory of the Manila Public Health?

Answer 43

Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda

Question 44

Manila Public Health Laboratory

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- offered training programs to high school graduates as early as February 1944 - Quirida Street, Sta. Cruz, Manila

Question 45

Who asssited Dr. Alfredo Pio De Roda?

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Dr. Mariano Icasiano - Manila City Health Officer

Question 46

1954

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- 6 months laboratory training with certificate upon completion was given to trainees - Dr. Sta. Ana prepared the syllabus for the training program

Question 47

Where was the first B.S. Degree course in medical Technology offered?

Answer 47

Philippine Union College and Manila Sanitarium Hospital

Question 48

after 2 years, PUC produced its first graduate

Answer 48

Dr. Jesse Umali