LESSON 1 Flashcards
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“The application of the principles of natural, physical, &
biological sources to the performance of laboratory procedures
which aid in the diagnosis & treatment of disease”
Heinemann
“The branch of medicine concerned with performance of
laboratory determinations & analyses used in the diagnosis &
treatment of disease & the maintenance of health.”
Ana Fagelson
“Health profession concerned with performing laboratory
analyses in view of obtaining information necessary in the
diagnosis & treatment of disease as well as in the maintenance
of good health.”
Walters
“An auxiliary branch of lab medicine which deals with the
examination of tissues, secretion & excretion of the human
body & body fluids by various electronic, chemical, microscopic
& other medical laboratory procedures or techniques either
manual or automated which will aid the physician in the
diagnosis study & treatment of disease & in the promotion of
health in general”
RA 5527
Licensed physician specialized in Pathology
(Anatomic/Clinical/Both) certified by the Philippine Board of
Pathology; head/director of a clinical laboratory
Pathologist
Has a baccalaureate degree from a CHED accredited school;
completed a clinical training in an accredited training laboratory
by the Bureau of Health Facilities & Services (BHFS)/CHED; &
passed the licensure exam administered by the Board of MT
Medical
Technologist
An early writing
Containing treatment of disease &
the description of the three stages
of hookworm infection
Ebers Papyrus
traces MT to
the discovery of Taenia &
Ascaris as mentioned in
some writings
Vivian Herrick
Oldest
laboratory procedure
Urine analysis:
Father of
medicine
Hippocrates
Practice immunization by inhaling powder made from
smallpox scabs to develop immunity to the disease
Chinese
Developed laboratory tools such as forceps, scalpels,
specula, and surgical needles
Romans
Practice of toxicology (agadatantra) was mentioned in the
Ayurveda classics
Indians
First describe hematuria by correlating the
presence of blood to the physiological functions of the kidney
Rufus of Ephesus:
MT started in
medieval period when
descriptions to urine begun & U/A
was a fad
Ruth Williams:
Used the microscope to
investigate the causes of
diseases
Athanasius Kircher
Published the micrographia
which featured illustrations of
his observations using a
microscope
Robert Hooke
Developed the gravimetric
analysis of urine
Jean Baptiste van Helmont
Described the protein in urine
Frederick Dekkers
Performed the first blood
transfusion in animals
Richard Lower
Described the process of
coagulation
William Hewson
Developed the yeast test for
sugar in diabetic urine
Francis Home
Identified sugar in the blood
and urine of diabetics
Matthew Dobson
: dated back
the start of MT to the death of
a laboratory worker,
Alessandra Giliani (through
nosocomial infection)
Anna Fagelson
