History of MedTech Flashcards
Test your knowledge about the history of MedTech
Oldest known body fluid testing
Urine testing
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
In what year did Hippocrates promoted the use of the mind and senses as diagnostic tools?
Around 300BC
Who is the founder of experimental physiology?
Galen
Empiric Medicine only for Royalty & for the Wealthy
Ancient Egypt & Mesopotamia
Practiced immunization by inhaling powder made from smallpox scabs to develop an immunity to disease
Variolation
What country used Variolation?
China
Early Christians believed that disease was either punishment for sin or the result of witchcraft or possession
Medieval Europe
Who discovered the circulation of blood?
William Harvey
What year did William discover the circulation of the blood?
17th Century
Who invented the first optical telescope that only provided a 9x magnification?
Zacharias Janssen
A Jesuit priest and an earliest microscopist
Anthanasius Kircher
Who is the Father of Microbiology?
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Who used the microscope to document the existence of “little boxes’ or cells in vegetables?
Robert Hooke
He is the first to made the real microscope and improved Janssen’s microscope and increased its magnification from 9x to 270x
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
(After 1884 to PRESENT)
UROSCOPY on this period known as ____________
Microscopy
In what period did Physicians began using machines for diagnosis or therapeutics?
Eighteenth Century/Golden Age
Who created spirometer?
John Hutchinson
It is a medical tool for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs
Spirometer
Who created the sphygmomanometer?
Jules Herrison
It is a medical tool for measuring blood pressure
Sphygmomanometer
What university introduces reforms emphasizing: “Learning by Doing”?
Harvard University
What hospital provided 2 years of instructions in basic science?
John Hopkins Hospital
He is a professor in University of Pennsylvania Hospital; introduced and used the microscope and blood counting machine
Dr. William Osler
In what year did John Hopkins Hospital had a first clinical laboratory?
1896
In what year did US Bases Health Care Team brought to Philippines
1944
In what year did US Army left Philippines
1945
It is located at Quiricada Sta Cruz Manila - presently known as Public Health Laboratory; training of civilians for laboratory works began
Opening of the 26th Medical Laboratory of the 6th US Army
Who is the person that reorganised the laboratory and assisted by Dr. Mariano Icasiano with?
Dr. Pio de Roda
First school of Medical Technology was opened headed by _________?
Mrs. Willa Hedrick
What hospital offered medical internship and residency training program absorbed by the Philippine Union College?
Manila Sanitarium and Hospital
What is the new name for Philippine Union College?
Adventist University of the Philippines
Who is the first BSMedTEch Graduate?
Dr. Jessie Umali
Permit for 1st year - 3rd year was issued
June 1957
Permit for the internship program was issued
June 1960
Full recognition of the 4-year BS MedTech course
June 14 1961
