L1 A. History Of medical Technology In A Global Context Flashcards
He is the father of medicine
Author of the Hippocratic Oath, and Galen
Hippocrates
Four humors oh Hippocrates
Blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
He described diabetes as diarrhea of urine
Galen
Time when uroscopy was widely practiced
Medieval europe
Diagnosis by water casting
Uroscopy
Patients submitted their urine specimen in medieval Europe in — —
Decorative flasks
What time when physicians who failed to examine urine were subjected to public beatings?
Medieval europe
Time when the first book detailing the characteristics of urine ( color, density, quality) was written
900 AD
Time when medical practitioners were not allowed to conduct physical examination of the patients body. Relied only on the patient’s description of symptoms and their observation
Early 11th century
Time when Mechanical techniques and cadaver dissection were used to provide a more objective and accurate diagnosis and to understand the insides of the body
18th century
Time when physicians began using machines for diagnosis or therapeutics. Ex: spirometer and sphygmomanometer
19th century
Used for measuring the vital capacity of the lungs
John Hutchinson’s Spirometer
Used for measuring blood pressure
Jules Herrison’s sphygmomanometer
It was pivotal in the diagnosis of diabetes, anemia, diphtheria and syphilis during this period
Chemistry
Time when 80% of medical professionals were non physicians
Patients needed to be educated on tests done
1969
Who invented stethoscope and what year?
Rene Laenec 1816
