pmls History of Medical Technology Profession

Question 1

– Father of Medicine
 Author of Hippocratic Oath
 Advocated tasting of urine

Answer 1

Hippocrates

Question 2

– Greek Physician and Philosopher

Answer 2

Galen

Question 3

 Body fluids (4 humors)

Answer 3

 Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black
bile. (Other textbook: dry, cold hot,
moist)

Question 4

– one of the body fluids that

underwent examination.

Answer 4

Urine

Question 5

Hippocrates – appearance of bubbles,

blood and pus =

Answer 5

Kidney disease and

Chronic illnesses.

Question 6

Galen – diabetes =

Answer 6

diarrhea of urine,
established relationship between fluid
intake and urine volume.

Question 7

Vivian Herrick – determined that
intestinal parasitic infection was cause
by Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia
species.
Ebers Papyrus – published book of the
treatment of the hookworm disease and
other transmissible infection in humans.
 Oldest preserve Egyptian book.
 Egyptian compilation of medical
text.
 100-page long scroll which measures
20 meters long.

Answer 7

1500 BC

Question 8

– determined that
intestinal parasitic infection was cause
by Ascaris lumbricoides and Taenia
species.

Answer 8

Vivian Herrick

Question 9

– published book of the
treatment of the hookworm disease and
other transmissible infection in humans.

Answer 9

Ebers Papyrus

Question 10

Diagnosed a patient by water casting.

Answer 10

Medieval Europe

Question 11

– water casting.

Answer 11

Uroscopy

Question 12

– they observe the urine

inside the flask.

Answer 12

Urine flask

Question 13

 First book detailing the characteristic
of urine
 Isaac Judaeus – Jewish physician and
Philosopher
 Has a book called Kitab al Baul
Book of urine
 Urine formation
 Urine sediments
 Urine characteristic
 Patient diagnosis

Answer 13

900 A.D

Question 14

– Jewish physician and
Philosopher
 Has a book called Kitab al Baul
Book of urine
 Urine formation
 Urine sediments
 Urine characteristic
 Patient diagnosis

Answer 14

 Isaac Judaeus

Question 15

 Urine formation
 Urine sediments
 Urine characteristic
 Patient diagnosis

Answer 15

Book of urine

Question 16

– indicates failure
of a physician to examine the patient urine
was punishable by public beating.

Answer 16

Jerusalem Code of 1090

Question 17

Medical practitioners were not allowed to
conduct physical examination of the body.
They only relied on the patient’s description
of symptoms and observation.

Answer 17

Early 11th century

Question 18

Mechanical techniques and cadaver

dissection were used.

Answer 18

18th century

Question 19

– stethoscope

Answer 19

1816

Question 20

– microscope

Answer 20

1840

Question 21

– ophthalmoscope

Answer 21

1850

Question 22

– laryngoscope

Answer 22

1855

Question 23

– x-ray

Answer 23

1859

Question 24

Machines for diagnosis or therapeutics
 John Hutchinson’s spirometer
 Jules Herisson’s
Sphygmomanometer (used to
measure bp)

Answer 24

19th century

Question 25

a measuring instrument for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs

Answer 25

spirometer

Question 26

instrument used to measure blood pressure

Answer 26

sphygmomanometer

Question 27

– electrocardiograph

Answer 27

1903

Question 28

– Kenny method

Answer 28

1910

Question 29

– drinker respirator

Answer 29

1927

Question 30

– heart-lung machine

Answer 30

1939

Question 31

– Cardiac catherization and

Angiography.

Answer 31

1941

Question 32

Improvements in basic sciences and
integration of scientific and
technological discoveries.
 Electrical measurements tech
 Sensory development
 Nuclear ultrasound

Answer 32

Early 20th century

Question 33

– visualization of
small cells and tumor cells.
Tomography & MRI

Answer 33

Electron microscope

Question 34

MRI -

Answer 34

Magnetic Resonance Imaging