Topic 1: Introduction to Medical Technology Profession Flashcards
History of Medical Technology
In what BC do Physicians in Babylon make observations on the color and consistency of urine?
A. 3000 BC.
B. 4000 BC.
C. 5000 BC.
D. 6000 BC.
B. 4000 BC.
History of Medical Technology
- His contribution earned him the title of “Father of Medicine.”
- He indoctrinated not only the scientific importance of medicine but also its ethical standards, as the “Hippocratic Oath” and “Code of ethics”
- He was born around 460 BC and closely studied signs and symptoms in humans with possible disease.
- He rejected the concept of sickness as a punishment from the gods.
A. Ebers Papyrus
B. Rufus of Ephesus
C. Julius Caesar
D. Hippocrates
D. Hippocrates
History of Medical Technology
In what AD do Indian physicians observe that some types of urine attract insects due to its high sugar content and called it “madhumeha” or “honey urine.”
A. 200 AD
B. 300 AD
C. 400 AD
D. 500 AD
D. 500 AD
History of Medical Technology
Who is the another Greek Physician who first described hematuria or blood in the urine?
A. Ebers Papyrus
B. Rufus of Ephesus
C. Julius Caesar
D. Hippocrates
B. Rufus of Ephesus
History of Medical Technology
Who is considered the first forensic pathologist?
- He performed the autopsy of the corpse of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.
- He found that Caesar suffered 23 wounds.
A. Hippocrates
B. Rufus of Ephesus
C. Antistius
D. Isaac Judaeus
C. Antistius
History of Medical Technology
Who is a Jewish physician and philosopher that had devised guidelines for using urine as a diagnostic aid, during 900 AD?
A. Hippocrates
B. Rufus of Ephesus
C. Antistius
D. Isaac Judaeus
D. Isaac Judaeus
History of Medical Technology
In the 16th century, who proposed a primitive version of the “germ theory”
A. Hippocrates
B. Girolamo Fracastoro
C. Antistius
D. Isaac Judaeus
B. Girolamo Fracastoro
History of Medical Technology
Who described the circulation of blood in 1628?
A. Hippocrates
B. Girolamo Fracastoro
C. William Harvey
D. Isaac Judaeus
C. William Harvey
History of Medical Technology
Who is the English physician that conducted the first successful blood transfusion in animals in 1665?
A. Hippocrates
B. Girolamo Fracastoro
C. William Harvey
D. Richard Lower
D. Richard Lower
History of Medical Technology
During the 17th century, he invented the first functional microscope.
A. Antonie van Leewenhoek
B. Girolamo Fracastoro
C. William Harvey
D. Richard Lower
A. Antonie van Leewenhoek
History of Medical Technology
Who pioneered clinical cytology and described the microscopic structure of various types of cancer, during the 18th and 19th centuries?
A. Karl Landsteiner
B. Johannes Muller
C. Rudolf Virchow
D. Alexander Fleming
B. Johannes Muller
History of Medical Technology
- Indian physicians
A. Tubercle bacillus
B. First blood transfusion in animals
C. Penicillium mold
D. Invented the first microscope
E. Madhumeha
E. Madhumeha
History of Medical Technology
- Antonie van Leewenhoek
A. Tubercle bacillus
B. First blood transfusion in animals
C. Penicillium mold
D. Invented the first microscope
E. Madhumeha
D. Invented the first microscope
History of Medical Technology
- Richard Lower
A. Tubercle bacillus
B. First blood transfusion in animals
C. Penicillium mold
D. Invented the first microscope
E. Madhumeha
B. First blood transfusion in animals
History of Medical Technology
- Robert Koch
A. Tubercle bacillus
B. First blood transfusion in animals
C. Penicillium mold
D. Invented the first microscope
E. Madhumeha
A. Tubercle bacillus
History of Medical Technology
- Alexander Fleming
A. Tubercle bacillus
B. First blood transfusion in animals
C. Penicillium mold
D. Invented the first microscope
E. Madhumeha
C. Penicillium mold
History of Medical Technology
The Rh blood group system was discovered by Karl Landsteiner in what year?
A. 1940
B. 1950
C. 1960
D. 1970
A. 1940
Medical Technology Education in the Philippines
The first school in the Philippines to offer the course Medical Technology is
A. Centro Escolar University
B. Philippine Union College
C. University of Santo Tomas
D. Far Eastern University
B. Philippine Union College
Medical Technology Education in the Philippines
He was the first Medical Technology graduate in the Philippines in 1955.
A. Jessie Umali
B. Pio de Roda
C. Willa Hilgert Hedrick
D. Prudencia Sta. Ana
A. Jessie Umali
Medical Technology Education in the Philippines
Who opened the first functional clinical laboratory in the Philippines?
A. Japanese of the Infantry
B. Chinese of the Infantry
C. The 6th Infantry Division of 6th US Army
D. Spaniards of the Infantry
C. The 6th Infantry Division of the 6th US Army