HISTORY OF MT IN GLOBAL CONTEXT Flashcards
He was considered as the ‘father of medicine’
Hippocrates
He discovered the first intestinal parasite, ascaris lumbricoides and taenia
Vivian Herrick
What bodily fluid is the most commonly analyzed by the ancient physicians?
Urine
What is the Apothecaries Act of 1815?
An act of the parliament of UK which requires apothecaries to have a background in anatomy, botany, materia medica, physic and 6 months practical hospital experience
Where was the first clinical laboratory eatablished?
Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila
The first clinical laboratory is currently known as
Manila Public Health Laboratory
Who established the first clinical laboratory?
6th Infantry Division of the US army
Who re-established the first clinical laboratory when the Americans left?
Dr. Pio De Roda with the help of Dr. Mariano Icasiano
When was the first clinical laboratory re- established?
October 1, 1945
What is the first school to offer BSMT?
The Philippine Union College of Baesa, Caloocan City (Adventist University of the Philippines)
Who is the first graduate of the program?
Dr. Jesse Umali
What are the first 4 humors?
Yellow bile, blood, black bile, phlegm
It is a 110 page long scroll which discusses all about burns, parasites, contraception and pregnancy
Ebers Papyrus
What is the triad of regimen used by Hippocrates to treat diseases?
Drugs, surgery, and bloodletting
He invented the first functional crude microscope
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
The most common test or analysis done to determine diseases
Urinalysis
He was the ‘father of microscopic pathology’
Rudolf Virchow
He initiated the Apothecaries Act of 1815 and he used lab findings in the treatment of diseases
Baron Karl Von Humbeldt
What was emphasized by the Harvard University in 1871?
‘Learning by doing’
What was the contribution of the American medical education?
John Hopkins Hospital
Who were the first 2 students who applied clinical pathology to medical diagnosis in the US?
William H. Welch and Michell Prudden
Where was the largest and best-equipped chemical laboratory first opened? Who was the very first to give laboratory instructions?
University of Michigan
Dr. Douglas
Where was the first clinical laboratory in the US built in 1896?
At John Hopkins Hospital
He is a Filipino doctor, a dislocated ataffof the 26th Medical Laboratory and a well known bacteriologist.
Dr. Pio de Roda
He is the first city health officer of Manila
Dr. Mariano Icasiano
Who helped Dr. Pio de Roda to conduct a training program for aspiring laboratory workers?
Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana
In 1954, who helped Dr. Pio de Roda and Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana prepare a syllabus and conduct another training for aspiring lab workers?
Dr. Tirso Briones
He discovered vaccination to establish immunity to small pox in 1796) (Immunology)
Edward Jenner
In 1880, she identified organs by their types of tissues
Marie Frnacois Xavier Bichat
In 1835, He produced disease in worms by injection of organic material - led the beginning of bacteriology.
Agostino Bassi
In 1857, He succesfully produced immunity to rabies
Louis Pasteur,
In 1866, he enunciated his law of inherited characteristics from studies on plants
Gregor Mendel
In 1870, He demonstrated that surgical infections are caused by airborne organisms
Joseph Lister
In 1877, he presented the first pictures of bacilli (anthrax), and later tubercle bacilli
Robert Koch
In 1886, He described phagocytes in blood and their role in fighting bacteria
Elie Metchnikoff
In 1886, He introduced steam sterilization in surgery
Ernst von Bergmann
In 1902, he distinguished blood groups through the development of the ABO blood group system
Karl Landsteiner
In 1906, he developed immunologic tests for syphilis
August Von Wassermann
In 1906, he discovered microorganisms whose range lies between bacteria and viruses called rickettsiae
Howard Ricketts
In 1929, he worked on the structure of hemoglobin
Hans Fischer
In 1954, he developed poliomyelitis vaccine
Jonas Salk
In 1973, he introduced the Westgard rules for quality control in the clinical laboratory
James Westgard
In 1980, he introduced the Hepa B vaccine
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
In 1985, he developed the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Kary Mullis
In 1985, he developed the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
Kary Mullis
In 1992, he discovered the intracytoplasmic sperm injection (IVF)
Andre Van Steirteghem
In 1898, he derived the first human stem cell line
James Thomson
What are the things that medtechs should be aware of even though automation is continuously improving?
- Knowledge on troubleshooting
- Double check results
- Always know the basics
- Be open to changes
