UNIT 2: MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY HISTORY Flashcards
400 B.C.
HIPPOCRATES
URINALYSIS
HIPPOCRATES
FATHER OF MEDICINE
DESCRIBED 4 HUMORS
WHAT ARE HUMORS
BODILY FLUIDS
NAME THE FOUR HUMORS
BLOOD
YELLOW BILE
BLACK BILE
PHLEGM
URINALYSIS
OLDEST LABORATORY PROCEDURE
600 B.C.
HINDU PHYSICIANS DISCOVERED:
POLYURIA IN DIABETES
AND SWEETNESS IN DIABETES
WHAT DID HINDUS DO TO DETERMINE DIABETES
ANTS
1500 B.C.
VIVIAN HERRICK
EBER PAPYRUS
VIVIAN HERRICK
IDENTIFIED:
TAENIA
ASCARIS
EBERS PAPYRUS
OLDEST EGYPTIAN TEXT
110 PAGES
CONTAINS CHAPTERS ON;
CONTRACEPTION
PREGNANCY
SKIN/ EYE PROBLEMS
BURNS
INTESTINAL DISEASE
PARASITES
JEAN BAPTISTE VAN HELMONT
1577-1644
INTRODUCED GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS OF URINE
(24 HOUR WAIT, STILL USED TODAY)
FREDRICK DEKKERS
1673
DETECTION OF PROTEIN VIA
BOILING SPECIMEN IN ACETIC ACID
ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
1632
MADE SINGLE LENSED MICROSCOPE
DESCRIBED:
RBC
PROTOZOA
CLASSIFIED BACTERIA TO SHAPE
MARCELO MALPHIGI
1628-1694
FOUNDER OF PATHOLOGY
GREATEST EARLY MICROSCOPISTS
CONTRIBUTED TO:
EMBRYOLOGY
ANATOMY
RUDOLPH VIRCHOW
1847
GERMAN PHYSICIAN, ANTHROPOLOGIST, POLITICIAN, SOCIAL REFORMER
FOUNDER OF CELLULAR PATHOLOGY
STATED THAT DISEASE CAN BE UNDERSTOOD THROUGH DYSFUNCTION OF CELLS
19TH CENTURY
ERA OF PUBLIC HEALTH
JOHN SNOW
1854
SHOWED CHOLERA WAS WATERBORNE
LOUIS PASTEUR
1861
DISCOVERED AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC BACTERIA
MADE VACCINE AGAINST ANTHRAX
DISCOVERED WINE SPOILAGE PREVENTION BY HEATING AT 55-60*C
WHAT IS THE MEANING AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC
AEROBIC = WITH AIR
ANAEROBIC = WITHOUT AIR
HERMANN VON FEHLING
PERFORMED FIRST QUANTITATIVE TEST FOR URINE SUGAR
CREATED A SOLUTION TO TEST WATER-SOLUBLE ALDEHYDE AND KETONE GROUPS AS A TEST FOR MONOSACCHARIDES
THE SOLUTION CAN BE USED TO DETECT DIABETES
HANS CHRISTIAN JOACHIM
1884
DEVISED EHRLICH’S STAINING METHODS
HANS CHRISTIAN JOACHIM STAIN METHOD
USE CRYSTAL VIOLET DYE
DECOLOR WITH ETHANOL AND IODINE SOLUTION
EHRLICH STAINING METHOD
USE WATER AND GENTIAN VIOLET DYE
DR. WILLIAM WELCH
ESTABLISHED LAB IN BELLEVUE HOSPITAL MEDICAL COLLEGE
FIRST PROF OF PATHOLOGY IN JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY