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PMLS HISTORY Flashcards

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clinical laboratory science or the science of laboratory medicine.

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Medical Technology

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involves the application of diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic medicine to monitor and improve the management of health conditions.

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Medical Technology

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concerned with the performance of laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health.

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Medical Technology

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concerned with performing laboratory analyses in view of obtaining information necessary in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases as well as in the maintenance of good health.

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Medical Technology

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application of the principles of natural, physical and biological sciences in laboratory procedures to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

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Medical Technology

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Philippine Medical Technology of 1969

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RA 5527

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When was the Philippine Medical Technology act of 1969 approved?

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June 21, 1969

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aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of disease and in the promotion of health in general.

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Medical Technology

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Oldest preserved Egyptian compilation of medical texts

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Ebers Papyrus

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Contains chapters on contraception, pregnancy, eye and skin problems, surgery, burns and intestinal diseases and parasites

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Ebers Papyrus

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describes the treatment of hookworm disease and infection transmissible to human

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Ebers Papyrus

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12
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first medical technologist

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Vivian Herrick

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medical technologist who traced the beginning of medical technology when intestinal parasite such as Taenia and Ascaris were first identified

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Vivian Herrick

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Father of Medicine

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Hippocrates

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Advocated the use of mind and senses as

diagnostic tools

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Hippocrates

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He described four humors or body fluids in the

human body

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Hippocrates

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17
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oldest lab procedure

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Urinalysis

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18
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poured urine on ground when it attracts insects = patient diagnosed with boils - large pimples

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Greeks

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What are the four humors?

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A. blood
B. phlegm
C. yellow bile
D. black bile

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20
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based upon the observation of Blood as drawn in a glass container and left undisturbed for about an hour.

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four humours

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21
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dark clot at the bottom

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Black bile

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22
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Above the clot is a layer of RBC

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Blood

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Above is a whitish layer of WBC = now called the buffy coat)

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Phlegm

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The top layer is clear yellow serum

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Yellow Bile

25
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Made the first description of hematuria

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Rufus of Ephesus

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presence of blood in the urine. Due to inability of the kidneys to filter blood

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diagnosis by visual examination of urine. (water casting method-flask)

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symbol of medieval medicine

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Urine flask

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Detailed concepts of urine formation, urine sediments and urine characteristics in relation to diseases

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Kitab al Baul (Body of Urine)

30
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Formulated rules for the use of urine in patients’ diagnosis

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Isaac Judeus

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One of the founders of the origins of nephrology - study of the kidney

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Isaac Judeus

32
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Failure of physicians to examine patient’s urine was punishable by public beatings

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Jerusalem Code of 1090

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invented microscope (1590s)

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Zaccharias Janssen and his father Hans

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Believed that MT began from this period as supported by the fact that urinalysis was a fad.

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Ruth Williams

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Made the “scientific observation” that the urine of certain individuals attracted to ants - such urine have a sweetish taste. (diabetic)

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Hindu Doctors

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Believed that MT started when a prominent Italian doctor at the University of Bologna employed Alessandra Gillani to perform different task in the lab

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Anne Fagelson (14th Century)

37
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used in staining microorganisms (able to identify microorganisms according to their shape and size)

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aniline dyes

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First one to saw bacteria and classified them according to shapes. Described blood cells, muscle fibers, spermatozoa and protozoa

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632)

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Father of Microbiology

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Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632)

40
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Greatest of the early microscopists.

Blood of patients with plagues contained “worms”

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Athanasius Kircher (1646)

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contributions to embryology and anatomy made him known as the “Founding father of modern Anatomic Pathology”

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Marcello Malpighi

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Introduced the gravimetric analysis of urine by weighing a number of 24-hr urine specimens against water

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Jean Baptiste van Helmont

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Investigated and showed that blood transfusion from one animal to another is possible

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Richard Lower (1631-1691)

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Observed that proteins in the urine precipitated when boiled with acetic acid

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Frederick Dekkers (1694)

45
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the presence of protein in the urine (kidney disease)

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proteinuria

46
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Discovered that plasma could be separated from blood cells when blood clots

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William Hewson (1739-1774)

47
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could be precipitated from the plasma upon application of temperature higher than 50°C

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Coagulable lymph

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Coagulable lymph

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fibrinogen

49
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recognized as the Father of Microscopic Pathology

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Rudolf Virchow (1847)

50
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Founder of Archives (collection of records) of Pathology in Berlin

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Rudolf Virchow (1847)

51
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Formulated the cell theory

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Rudolf Virchow (1847)

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German Chemist
Develop and Performed the first qualitative glucose test for urine
If glucose if present in the urine the person is diagnosed with diabetes

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Herman von Fehling (1848)

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studied cholera outbreak in London and brought the situation under control
Identified the source of contamination

54
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studied aerobic and anaerobic bacteria

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Louis Pasteur (1861)

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Developed anthrax vaccine (1881)

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Louis Pasteur (1861)

56
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  • Vaccine for a bacterium Bacillus anthracis
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anthrax vaccine

57
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One of the main founders of modern bacteriology

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Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch

58
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4 generalize principles linking specific microorganisms to specific diseases that remain today as the “gold standard” in medical microbiology

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Koch’s postulate

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