Lesson 1: History of Medical Technology Flashcards
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considered the “father of medicine”, a greek physician and philosopher
Hippocrates
what book did Hippocrates write?
Hippocratic Oath
Galen instigated a rudimentary and qualitative assessment of disorder through measurement of body fluids in relation to seasons; also called the four humors
- blood
- phlegm
- yellow bile
- black bile
Hippocrates also used this fluid which underwent examination, this was _____?
urine
_______ described ______ as “diarrhea of urine” and established the relationship between fluid intake and urine volume.
•Galen
•diabetes
In medieval Europe, diagnosis by ______ was widely practiced. This is done by patients submitting their urine specimen in decorative flasks.
“water casting” (uroscopy)
True or False: Physicians who fail to examine the urine were subjected to public beatings.
True
_______ invented the ________ which is a device used for measuring the vital capacity of lungs.
• John Hutchinson
• Spirometer
_______ invented the ________ which is a device that is used for measuring blood pressure.
• Jules Herisson
• Sphygmomanometer
The first diagnostic medical breakthrough. It is used to acquire information about the lungs and heartbeats. Invented by ________ in _______.
• Stethoscope
• Rene Läennec
• 1816
Developed for medical purposes due to advances in lenses and power costs. The first practical ______ was devised by ________ in _______.
• Microscope
• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
• 1840
First visual technology. Invented by _______ in _______.
• Ophthalmoscope
• Hermann von Helmholz
• 1850
Uses two mirrors to observe the throat and larynx. Devised by _______ in _______ 1855.
• Laryngoscope
• Manuel Garcia
• 1855
Allowed physicians to view the inside of the body without surgery; used to diagnose pneumonia, pleurisy, and tuberculosis since WW2. Invented by _______ in_______ when he discovered in accident that radiation could penetrate solid objects of low density.
• X-ray
• Wilhelm Roentgen
• 1859
Used to measure electrical changes during the beating of the heart. Developed by ______ in _______.
• Electrocardiograph
• William Einthoven
• 1903
Served as pioneering work for modern physical therapy; devised by _______ in the treatment of polio using hot packs and muscle manipulation.
• Kenny method
•Elizabeth Kenny
What is the old name for polio?
infantile paralysis
Elizabeth Kenny prompted the invention of ________ (Sylvia stretcher in 1927) intended for transporting patients in shock.
• New stretcher
Its use is to help patients either paralytic anterior poliomyelitis recover normal respiration with the assistance of artificial respirator. Invented by _______ in _______.
• Drinker respirator
• Phillip Drinker
• 1927
First visual technology. Invented by ______ in _______.
• Heart-lung machine
• Hermann von Helmholz
•1939
made seeing the heart, lung vessels, and valves possible through inserting a cannula in an arm vein and into the heart with an injection or radiopaque dye for X-ray visualization.
cardiac catheterization and Angiography
Called for the development of a method that would certify medical technologists on a national scale. Published The Demand for and Training of Laboratory Technicians that included a description of the first formal training course in Medical Technology.
John Kolmer
First hospital established in 1565 which was later on moved to Manila to cater military patients.
Hospital Real in Cebu
The Dominicans have founded the _______ in 1611, which in 1871 established the first faculties of pharmacy and medicine.
University of Santo Tomas
