HISTORY OF MEDTECH Flashcards
“Father of medicine”
Hippocrates
As the founder of modern bacteriology, he is known
for his role in identifying the specific causative agents
of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax
Robert Koch
During the mid- to late 19th century demonstrated that microorganisms cause disease and discovered how to make vaccines from weakened, or attenuated, microbes. He developed the earliest vaccines against fowl cholera, anthrax, and RABIES.
LOUIS PASTEUR
In 1928, discovered penicillin, the first form of
antibiotics.
Alexander Fleming
Traced the beginning of medical technology back to
1500 BC when intestinal parasites such as TAENIA
and ASCARIS were mentioned in early writings.
Ebers papyrus.
Vivian Herrick
A book for treatment of diseases
contains description of the three stages of hookworm (ASCARIS) infection (1500 B.C)
Ebers Papyrus
invented vaccination with cowpox and immunity to smallpox to replace the fearful dangers of inoculation with smallpox.
Edward Jenner
universally acknowledged as the father of
microbiology. He discovered both protists and
bacteria
ANTONIE van LEEUWENHOEK
finding cells in bone and connective tissue and
describing substances such as myelin. He was the
first person to recognize leukemia. He was also the
first person to explain the mechanism of pulmonary
thromboembolism.
RUDOLF VIRCHOW
Distinguished blood groups through the development of the ABO blood group system
Karl Landsteiner
recognize that the blood flows rapidly around the
human body, being pumped through a single system
of arteries and veins
William Harvey
performed exchange transfusion in dogs and
transfused the blood of a sheep into a human. He
recognized the role of blood transfusion in replacing
blood lost from hemorrhage or other causes.
Richard Lower
Roman Physician, performed one of the earliest necropsies on record. In 44 B.C., he examined Julius Caesar and documented
23 wounds, including a final fatal stab to the chest.
Antistius
is acknowledged as the Founder of Medical Technology Education in the Philippines.
WILLA HILGERT HEDRICK
a Greek physician who wrote at least 96 different
treatises on a variety of subjects, including nutrition,
pathology, anatomy, and patient care. He also wrote about social aspects of medicine including the treatment of slaves and the elderly.
Rufus of Ephesus
wrote a book entitled “The
profession of Medical Technology” which discussed
the practiced during the Medieval Period, in which the
doctors based the appearance of the urine in
diagnosing the patients illness
Ruth Williams
is considered to be one of the leading
gynecologists of his era, and made contributions in his
research of disorders that included eclampsia, rachitic
pelvis and puerperal osteomalacia
HERMANN von FEHLING
In 1877, with
Heinrich Fritsch (1844-1915), he founded the journal
Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie
HERMANN von FEHLING
established a laboratory
at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He gave the
first laboratory course in pathology offered in an
American Medical School.
1878: Dr. William H. Welch
Largest and best equipped chemical laboratory
related to medicine was opened at
University of Michigan with Dr. Silas Douglas who started the first laboratory instruction. (1884)
the first professor of
pathology at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr Welch (1885)
The first clinical laboratory in the world was opened at
John Hopkins Hospital by Sir William Osler (1896)
