HISTORY OF MEDTECH

Question 1

“Father of medicine”

Answer 1

Hippocrates

Question 2

As the founder of modern bacteriology, he is known
for his role in identifying the specific causative agents
of tuberculosis, cholera, and anthrax

Answer 2

Robert Koch

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

LOUIS PASTEUR

Question 4

In 1928, discovered penicillin, the first form of
antibiotics.

Answer 4

Alexander Fleming

Question 5

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.

Answer 5

Vivian Herrick

Question 6

A book for treatment of diseases
contains description of the three stages of hookworm (ASCARIS) infection (1500 B.C)

Answer 6

Ebers Papyrus

Question 7

invented vaccination with cowpox and immunity to smallpox to replace the fearful dangers of inoculation with smallpox.

Answer 7

Edward Jenner

Question 8

universally acknowledged as the father of
microbiology. He discovered both protists and
bacteria

Answer 8

ANTONIE van LEEUWENHOEK

Question 9

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.

Answer 9

RUDOLF VIRCHOW

Question 10

Distinguished blood groups through the development of the ABO blood group system

Answer 10

Karl Landsteiner

Question 11

recognize that the blood flows rapidly around the
human body, being pumped through a single system
of arteries and veins

Answer 11

William Harvey

Question 12

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.

Answer 12

Richard Lower

Question 13

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.

Answer 13

Antistius

Question 14

is acknowledged as the Founder of Medical Technology Education in the Philippines.

Answer 14

WILLA HILGERT HEDRICK

Question 15

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.

Answer 15

Rufus of Ephesus

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Ruth Williams

Question 17

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

Answer 17

HERMANN von FEHLING

Question 18

In 1877, with
Heinrich Fritsch (1844-1915), he founded the journal
Zentralblatt für Gynäkologie

Answer 18

HERMANN von FEHLING

Question 19

established a laboratory
at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College. He gave the
first laboratory course in pathology offered in an
American Medical School.

Answer 19

1878: Dr. William H. Welch

Question 20

Largest and best equipped chemical laboratory
related to medicine was opened at

Answer 20

University of Michigan with Dr. Silas Douglas who started the first laboratory instruction. (1884)

Question 21

the first professor of
pathology at Johns Hopkins University.

Answer 21

Dr Welch (1885)

Question 22

The first clinical laboratory in the world was opened at

Answer 22

John Hopkins Hospital by Sir William Osler (1896)