history of medical technology profession Flashcards
who is the father of medicine
hippocrates
Hippocrates is the author of
Hippocratic oath
who is Galen
greek physician and philosopher
who made the four humors
Galen
what are the 4 humors
blood
phlegm
yellow bile
black bile
who advocated the
tasting of urine
listening of lungs
observing outward appearance
and diagnosis of disease
hippocrates
who describes diabetes as “diarrhea of urine”
Galen
define polyphagia
extreme hunger
define polydipsia
excessive thirst
define polyuria
increase of normal urine output
what is the normal urine output for adults
2500ml per day
what is uroscopy
water casting
what are the physical characteristics of urine to examine
colour
odour
clarity/ transparency
volume
viscosity
sweetness
who invented the spirometer
john hutchinson
who invented the sphygmomanometer
jules herisson
what do spirometer measure
vital capacity of lungs
what do sphygmomanometer measure
blood pressure
when did the first book detailing the characteristics of urine was written
900AD
in what year and who invented the stethoscope
1816
Rene Laennec
who invented microscope in 1940
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
what tech was invented in 1850 and by who
opthalmscope
Hermann von Helmholz
X ray was invented in… by….
1859
Wilhelm Roentgen
what was invented in 1855 and by…
laryngoscope
Manuel Garcia and Alfred Kristein
electrocardiograph was developed in … by…
1903
Willem Einthoven