M2: HISTORY OF MLS Flashcards
1
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- traces the beginning of medical technology in 1550 BC
- first documented records of parasites/parasitic infections
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Herrick
2
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- first accounted records of intestinal parasitic infections caused by ascaris lumbricoides and taenia species
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Ebers papyrus
3
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- hindu physician who described diabetes as characterized by the passage of a large amount of urine.
- madhumeha from diabetes patients is sweet and can attract black ants
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Sushruta
4
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- greek physician/author of the Hippocratic oath
- described four humors in the human body
- the appearance of bubbles, blood, and pus in urine indicated kidney disease and chronic illnesses
- adopted a triad of drugs, surgery, and bloodletting in treating diseases and infection
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Hippocrates
5
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- diabetes as “diarrhea of urine”
- established the relationship between fluid intake and urine
volume
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Galen
6
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- believes that medical technology began in the medieval period.
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Williams
7
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- diagnosis by ‘water casting’ (uroscopy) was widely practiced.
- urinalysis became commonplace w/ exaggerated zeal, urine specimens in decorative flasks.
- physicians who failed to examine the urine samples were subjected to public beatings.
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medieval period
8
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prefers to date the profession’s beginnings to the 14th century
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Fagelson
9
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- hired at the University of Bologna by Mondino de’ Liuzzi, an Italian doctor, to perform some tests and other tasks in the laboratory.
- unfortunately died from a laboratory-acquired disease in 1326
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Gillani
10
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- became renowned for his exploration of embryology and physiology of the glands and the viscera.
- regarded as the founding father of modern anatomic pathology
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Malpighi
11
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- 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 visible at the cellular level using a microscope.
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Virchow
12
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- established the first hospital-attached clinical laboratory in Munich, Germany
- the clinical laboratory he established was described to be well-conceived with a chemical, a physical, and a
bacteriological department, a working library, and rooms for practical courses and the examination of
patients.
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Ziemssen
13
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hospital Established the position of “Chemist-Microscopist” whose duties included assisting with autopsies
- include yr
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Massachusetts General Hospital (1847)
14
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- was employed as the Chemist-Microscopist. separating the duties of the hospital microscopist and the hospital chemist.
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- include yr
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Bacon Jr. (1854)
15
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- became the hospital microscopist.
- He is the first in the hospital to significantly utilize the
microscope in examining specimens leading to a diagnosis - include yr
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Ellis (1855)
16
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- Opened a teaching laboratory at Bellevue Medical College (New York University Medical School) after studying several German laboratories.
- He gave the first laboratory course in pathology offered in an American Medical School
- Became the first physician recruited to be a professor at Johns Hopkins University in 1886
- include yr
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Welch (1878)
17
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- Established by the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Considered by many as the first legitimate clinical science laboratory in the United States
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William Pepper Laboratory of Clinical Medicine
