History of the Medical Technology Profession Flashcards
Traces the beginning of medical technology to as early as 1550 BC, when the first documented records of parasites and parasitic infections were made.
Vivian Herrick
Vivian Herrick traces the beginning of medical technology to as early as _________, when the first documented records of ________ and _________ were made.
1550 BC, parasite and parasitic infections
Contains the first accounted records of intestinal parasitic infections caused by Ascaris lumbricoides and
Taenia species
Ebers papyrus
Ebers papyrus contains the first accounted records of _______ caused by ___________ and _____________
intestinal parasitic infections, Ascaris lumbricoides, Taenia species
Taenia Species:
T. Solium -
T. Saginata -
T. Solium - Pork Tapeworm
T. Saginata - Beef Tapeworm
A Hindu physician that firs describe diabetes as characterized the passage of a large amount of urine.
Sushruta
Honey urine (sweet taste) and attracts black ants
Madhumeha (Sushruta)
Greek physician and author of the hippocratic oath (Father of Medicine)
Hippocrates
Described the four humors in the human body and what are they?
Hippocrates
Blood (sanguis/sanguine)
Yellow bile (khole/choleric)
Black bile (melania khole/ melancholic)
Phlegm (phlegma/phlegmatic)
Blood (sanguis/sanguine)
courageous, play, hopeful, carefree
Yellow bile (khole/choleric)
ambitious, restless, leader-like, easily angered
Black bile (melania khole/ melancholic)
despondent, quiet, analytic, serious
Phlegm (phlegma/phlegmatic)
calm, thoughtful, patient, peaceful
Hippocrates concluded that the appearance of _____, _____, _____ in urine indicated kidney diseases and chronic illnesses
blood, bubbles, pus
Who adopted the triad and what is the triad in treating diseases and infection
Hippocrates
Triad= drugs, surgery, bloodletting
Second to describe as “_________” and established the relationship of between fluid intake and urine volume
Galen “diarrhea of urine”
direct relationship of fluid intake and urine volumee
Believes that Medical Technology began in the medieval period
Ruth Williams
Diagnosis by ‘water casting’ (uroscopy) was widely practiced
Medieval Period (1098-1438) 14th century
Exaggerated procedure that is required for the urine to be placed in decorative flasks by physicians using visual inspection
water casting/ uroscopy
Chlorosis:
love sick
Chastity:
zero sexual interaction/ virgin
Physicians who failed to examine the urine samples were punished through
public beatings
Person who prefers to date the profession’s beginnings to the 14th century
Anna Fagelson
Hired by an Italian physician by Mondino de Liuzzi in University of Bologna
Alessandra Gillani
Work of Alessandra Gillani
perform laboratory procedures
When and why did Alessandra Gillani die?
1326
Died from a laboratory-acquired disease due to lack of protection, biosafety, biosecurity
Marcello Malphigi
-Greatest Early Microscopist
-Father of Modern Anatomic Pathology
Studied embryology, physiology (viscera and glands) internal organs
-the first to use microscope
Marcello Malphigi
Father of Microscopic Pathology
Rudolph Virchow
Rudolph Virchow is credited with having established the world’s first ____________
Pathology laboratory
First scientist/ physician of the time who emphasized the study of the manifestation of diseases and infections,
which are ______ at the _________ using a ________.
Rudolph Virchow
visible, cellular level, microscope
Who established the first hospital-attached clinical laboratory at?
Von Ziemssen
Munich, Germany
Ziemssen’ s clinical laboratory was described to be well-conceived with a ________, a _______, and a
___________, a _________, and __________ and the _____________.
chemical, physical, bacteriological department, working library, rooms for practical courses, examination of patients.
Early Beginnings
- Vivian Herrick
- Ebers Papyrus
- Sushruta
- Hippocrates
- Galen
- Ruth Williams
- Medieval Period
- Anna Fagelson
- Alessandra Gilanni
People on the Onset of Modern Medical Technology
- Marcello Malphigi
- Rudolph Virchow
- Von Ziemssen
Massachusetts General Hospital
1847
1854
1855
Training laboratory of Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
Mass Gen Hospital 1847
Established the position of “Chemist-Microscopist” whose duties included assisting physicians with autopsies