History of MedTech

Question 1

Oldest known body fluid testing

Answer 1

Urine testing

Question 2

Father of Medicine

Answer 2

Hippocrates

Question 3

In what year did Hippocrates promoted the use of the mind and senses as diagnostic tools?

Answer 3

Around 300BC

Question 4

Who is the founder of experimental physiology?

Answer 4

Galen

Question 5

Empiric Medicine only for Royalty & for the Wealthy

Answer 5

Ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia

Question 6

Practiced immunization by inhaling powder made from smallpox scabs to develop an immunity to disease

Answer 6

Variolation

Question 7

What country used Variolation?

Answer 7

China

Question 8

Early Christians believed that disease was either punishment for sin or the result of witchcraft or possession

Answer 8

Medieval Europe

Question 9

Who discovered the circulation of blood?

Answer 9

William Harvey

Question 10

What year did William discover the circulation of the blood?

Answer 10

17th Century

Question 11

Who invented the first optical telescope that only provided a 9x magnification?

Answer 11

Zacharias Janssen

Question 12

A Jesuit priest and an earliest microscopist

Answer 12

Anthanasius Kircher

Question 13

Who is the Father of Microbiology?

Answer 13

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 14

Who used the microscope to document the existence of “little boxes’ or cells in vegetables?

Answer 14

Robert Hooke

Question 15

He is the first to made the real microscope and improved Janssen’s microscope and increased its magnification from 9x to 270x

Answer 15

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Question 16

(After 1884 to PRESENT)
UROSCOPY on this period known as ____________

Answer 16

Microscopy

Question 17

In what period did Physicians began using machines for diagnosis or therapeutics?

Answer 17

Eighteenth Century/Golden Age

Question 18

Who created spirometer?

Answer 18

John Hutchinson

Question 19

It is a medical tool for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs

Answer 19

Spirometer

Question 20

Who created the sphygmomanometer?

Answer 20

Jules Herrison

Question 21

It is a medical tool for measuring blood pressure

Answer 21

Sphygmomanometer

Question 22

What university introduces reforms emphasizing: “Learning by Doing”?

Answer 22

Harvard University

Question 23

What hospital provided 2 years of instructions in basic science?

Answer 23

John Hopkins Hospital

Question 24

He is a professor in University of Pennsylvania Hospital; introduced and used the microscope and blood counting machine

Answer 24

Dr. William Osler

Question 25

In what year did John Hopkins Hospital had a first clinical laboratory?

Answer 25

1896

Question 26

In what year did US Bases Health Care Team brought to Philippines

Answer 26

1944

Question 27

In what year did US Army left Philippines

Answer 27

1945

Question 28

It is located at Quiricada Sta Cruz Manila - presently known as Public Health Laboratory; training of civilians for laboratory works began

Answer 28

Opening of the 26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th US Army

Question 29

Who is the person that reorganised the laboratory and assisted by Dr. Mariano Icasiano with?

Answer 29

Dr. Pio de Roda

Question 30

First school of Medical Technology was opened headed by _________?

Answer 30

Mrs. Willa Hedrick

Question 31

What hospital offered medical internship and residency training program absorbed by the Philippine Union College?

Answer 31

Manila Sanitarium and Hospital

Question 32

What is the new name for Philippine Union College?

Answer 32

Adventist University of the Philippines

Question 33

Who is the first BSMedTEch Graduate?

Answer 33

Dr. Jessie Umali

Question 34

Permit for 1st year - 3rd year was issued

Answer 34

June 1957

Question 35

Permit for the internship program was issued

Answer 35

June 1960

Question 36

Full recognition of the 4-year BS MedTech course

Answer 36

June 14 1961