History of MT Profession, PAMET, and PASMETH Flashcards
Intestinal parasites, hookworm, ascaris, and taenia
Vivian Herrick (1550 BC)
Book for treatment that describes the 3 stages of bookworm infection and who wrote this book
Ebers Papyrus; Vivian Herrick
4 humors, black bile, urinalysis, listening to the lungs and observing skin color
Hippocrates (300-180 AD)
Bile that is related to earth with cold and dry properties
Black bile
Bile that is related to fire, with dry and warm properties
Yellow bile
humor that is related to air, with moist and warm qualities
blood
humor that is related to water, with moist and cold qualities
phlegm
tasting patient’s urine; oldest known test on body fluids
urinalysis
inventor of stethoscope
rene theophile hyacinthe laenec
utilizes the wheel diagram (medieval europe)
uroscopy
physician hated him because of the stethoscope which prevented them to have close contact with the patient
rene theophile hyacinthe laenec
color of the urine correspond to a particular disease
wheel diagram
the first book for urinalysis was written (color, density, and quality)
900 AD
introduced the profession of MT; he said that urinalysis was a fad practice and done by quack doctors
m. ruth william (1096-1438)
they started diabetes detection through ants (urine has a sweetish taste)
hindu doctors
italian physician at university of bologna who perform the first public dissection of human cadavers
mondilin de luzzi
prefers to date the profession from the 14th century
anne fagelson
first woman to practice anatomy and pathology; died of laboratory acquired infection due to lack of PPE and laboratory safety protocols
alessandra gillani
invented handwasing
ignaz semmelweis
father of microbiology; animalcules; invention of microscope 50-300x; rbc, protozoa, and bacteria (shape)
anton van leeuwenhoek (17th century 1632-1723)
old term for bacteria
animalcules
greatest early microscopist; anatomy, histo, and physio embroyology
marcelo malphigi (1628-1694)
founder of pathology
marcelo malphigi w/ the help of robert hooke (enhanced the microscope)
father of modern pathology; founded the archives of pathology in Berlin; works on cell theory
rudolf ludwig carl virchow (1821-1902)
first one to perform fehling’s test
hermann von fehling
quantitative test for the presence of reducing sugar in urine (brick red turbid solution)
fehling’s test
first dye that was used to stain bacteria
aniline dyes (19th century)
acid alcohol or iodine, carbol fuschin, methylene blue
acid fast staining
identify the gram stain:
all purple
g + - purple
g - colorless
g- - red
all purple: crystal violet and iodine
g + -purple: alcohol and safranin
g - colorless: alcohol
g- - red: safranin
year of the birth of clinical laboratory
1800
process of collecting evidence (history taking); laboratory findings (diagnostic lab test); “definite patient diagnosis”
dr. william ocam
who pioneered and where is the
first chemistry laboratory
dr. silas douglas (1884); university of michigan
he established another laboratory at bellevue medica college; first laboratory course in pathology offered in american school
dr william henry welch (1878)
first professor in pathology and in what university
dr william henry welch; at john hopkins university
laboratory methods in the practice of medicine; laboratory animals for experimentation
sir john scott burden-sanderson (1885)
first clinical laboratory happened here; 12x12 m^2 equipment cost at 50 dollars
john hopkins hospital
first pathologist in the john hopkins hospital
dr simon flexner
publication of laboratory guide manual
dr james c. todd (1908)
authors of clinical diagnosis by laboratory methods
dr todd and dr arthur sanford (editors: davidson and henry)
- one of the first school to train medical laboratory worker
- degree in MT for clinical and lab techniques (1922-1923)
- 2 year collegiate educ and 12 month training in the lab (1940)
- bachelor of science degree was standardized (1950)
university of minnesota
medical technology in the PH is introducted by the?
26th infantry of the 6th united states army
the first PH lab established
(208) quiricada st., sta. cruz, manila
a well-known bacteriologist in the PH; preserved the Manila Pulic Health lab; went to see dr. mariano c. icasiano
dr. alfredo pio de roda
manila public health lab (oct 1, 1945); accepted the proposal of roda to establish med lab under the city health dept.; training started at 1944 and ended at 1945
dr mariano c. icasiano (city health officer)
she began the training of medical technicians in Feb 1947; highschool and paramedic departments
dr. prudencia sta ana