Lecture 1 Flashcards
Is a branch of the allied health professions that deals
with the study of various disciplines such as chemistry,
microbiology, parasitology, blood banking, hematology, clinical microscopy, histology, and histopathology, among others.
Medical Technology
____ Based on mere observation of clinical
symptoms of the patients palpation and
auscultation
(ANCIENT LABORATORY PRACTICES ____ BC)
Diagnosis of Disease (400 BC)
For treatment under 400 BC, therapeutic procedures are available
Upper Classes
For treatment under 400 BC, non-scientific such
as divination through the performance of rituals
and sacrifice to certain gods.
Middle and Lower Class
_____ Physicians in Babylons made observations on the
color and consistency of urine ( ____ BC)
Clinical microscopy (4000 BC)
About 1500 BC, these documents contained accounts describing polyuria and intestinal worms (Parasitology)
Ebers Papyrus (Egyptian Documents)
Practical immunization by inhaling powder made from
smallpox scabs to develop immunity to disease
Chinese
Developed lab tools such as forceps, scalpels, specula
and surgical needles
Romans
Practice toxicology (agadatantra)
India
Able to conclude if patient is diabetic by observing if
patient’s urine attracts ants (Clinical Microscopy)
glucose in urine
Greeks
Glocusuria
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates
First Forensic Pathologist
Antistius
First described hematuria (blood in urine)
Rufus of Ephesus
Devised guidelines for using urine as a diagnostic aid
Isaac Judaeus
Analyzed urine to aid diagnosis
Hippocrates
Performed autopsy on Julius Caesar
Antistius