Module 1 Flashcards
- Biochemical analysis of body fluids
Clinical Chemistry
- science or study of blood and
blood diseases.
Hematology
- The study of the biology of
microscopic organisms - viruses, bacteria, algae, fungi, slime molds,
and protozoa
Microbiology
- Or Clinical microscopy/Urinalysis and Body Fluids
Urinalysis
- Transfusion related testing
Immunohematology
- Antibody studies
Serology (Immunology)
- Collection of specimen needed
for testing (includes
phlebotomy)
Specimen collecting
and Processing
❖ 460 B.C.
❖ Greek physician
❖ “Father of Medicine”
❖ He described four “humors” or body fluids in men
Hippocrates
❖ 1922-2020
❖ Strongly believes that Medical Technology can be
traced back to 1500 B.C = intestinal parasites (taenia
and ascaris) were mentioned in writings
❖ Also noted that the Ebers Papyrus (early form of
writing) has descriptions of the three stages of
hookworm infection.
Vivian Herrick
A book for treatment of diseases contains description of the three stages of hookworm infection
Ebers Papyrus
❖ (1632-1723)
❖ Invented the first functional microscope
❖ First to describe the red blood cells
❖ First to see protozoa
❖ First to classify bacteria according to shape
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
❖ Production in the middle of the 19th Century
❖ Became possible to stain bacteria and to study them better under the microscope
Aniline dyes
❖ 1848
❖ Performed the first quantitative test in urine sugar
Hermann Fehling
❖ Sometime in 1800
❖ Found out the diagnosis of his patients by several means; part of the process of collecting evidence was investigation in the laboratory; large part of the complete
picture consisted of laboratory findings
Dr. William Occam
❖ 1815
❖ “Apothecaries Act of 1815”
❖ Medicine brought in itself a complete revolution by the
development of physical findings before and after death
❖ Established anatomical pathology
❖ Later adding bacteriology to the elucidation of the
causes of disease and the laboratory examinations
Baron Karl von Humboldt
❖ 1878
❖ Graduated from College of Physicians & Surgeons in
New York
❖ Studied pathology and bacteriology in Germany
❖ Went to Bellevue Hospital Medical College
❖ Obtained laboratory and used it in teaching and giving microscopical courses
❖ In 1885, he became the first professor of pathology at
John Hopkins University
Dr. William H. Welch
❖ First pathologist of the John Hopkins Hospital
Department of Pathology
Dr. Simon Flexner
❖ 1885
❖ Obtained significant results in his works in medicine by applying laboratory methods to his practice of
medicine
❖ Initiated the use of laboratory animals for
experimentation – to help in laboratory examinations
for diagnosis of disease
❖ 1887
❖ Concluded the use of laboratory methods in Clinical
Medicine elucidates pathological problems
Burdon Sunderson
First Clinical laboratory opened at John Hopkins
Hospital. Also another laboratory opened at the University of Pennsylvania (William Pepper Laboratory)
1896
census of the United States
listed 100 technicians (all are male)
1900
Dr. James C. Todd - Published a laboratory guide entitled, “Manual of Clinical Diagnosis”
1908
Approval and acceptance of the Insurance Act.
1911
A law was enacted requiring all
hospitals and institutions to have
adequate laboratory and to employ
full-time laboratory technician
1915
A course bulletin titled “Courses
in Medical Technology for
Clinical Laboratory Technicians”
was issued at the University of
Minnesota
1922
