Lesson 1 Flashcards
Application of the principles of natural, physical and biological sciences
to the performance of laboratory procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.
Heinemann
The branch of medicine concerned with the performance of laboratory
determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health
Fagelson
The health profession concerned with performing laboratory analyses in
view of obtaining information necessary in the diagnosis and treatment of disease as well as in the maintenance of good health
Walters
Auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examination
of tissue, secretion and excretion of the human body and body fluids by various
medical laboratory procedures which will aid the physician in the diagnosis study and treatment of disease and in the promotion of health in general.
Republic Act of 5527
Father of medicine
Hippocrates
Formulated the Hippocratic Oath
Hippocrates
Four humors
Phlegm
Yellow bile
Black bile
Blood
Was widely practiced in medieval Europe
Uroscopy
A medical practice that visually examines the patient’s urine for pus. blood, or any other symptoms of diseases
Uroscopy
What century:
Medical practitioner was not allowed to conduct physical examination of the
patient’s body
11th Century
What century:
Early Practice relied primarily on the patient’s descriptions of symptoms and their personal observation. They rarely examined the patient physical body.
11th Century
What century:
Mechanical techniques and cadaver dissection were used to provide a more
objective and accurate diagnosis
18th Century
What century:
Machines were used for diagnosis. Physicians increasingly used machines for diagnosis and therapies.
19th Century
Measures the vital capacity of the lung
By:
Spirometer
By: John Hutchinson
Measures blood pressure
By: Jules Herisson
Sphygmomanometer
Breakthrough in medical technology were:
- Stethoscope
- Ophthalmoscope
- Laryngoscope
- X-ray
First diagnostic medical breakthrough invented
By:
Stethoscope (1816)
By: Rene Laennec
This device offered numerous solutions for acquiring information about the
lungs and heart beats of patient.
Stethoscope (1816)
First practical microscope was devised
By:
Microscope (1840)
By: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
First visual technology invented. This was the first visual technology to view interior of the eye.
By:
Opthalmoscope (1850)
By: Hermann von Helmholtz
Allows visualization of the larynx and is often used during general anesthesia, surgical procedures around the larynx, and resuscitation.
Laryngoscope (1855)
By: Manuel Garcia
Allowed doctors to view the body without surgery. Discovered by accident a radiation that could penetrate solid objects of low density.
By:
X-ray (1859)
By: Wilhelm Roentgen
Devise the first ____ that measures the electrical changes that occur during the beating of the heart.
Electrocardiograph (1903)
By: William Einthoven
_____ Devised by _____ in the treatment of polio
Kenny Method (1910)
By: Elizabeth Kenny
Device introduced in the year (1927)
Drinker Respirator (1927)