MT 11 LESSON 2.1: HISTORY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Question 1

When were the earliest beginnings of medical technology?

Answer 1

1500 B.C

Question 2

Ebers Papyrus described 3 stages of hookworm infection and intestinal parasites

Answer 2

Vivian Herrick

Question 3

What are the intestinal parasites mentioned?

Answer 3

Taenia & Ascaris

Question 4

Believes that Medical Technology began from the Medieval Period (1096-1438) urinalysis was a fad

Answer 4

Prof. M. Ruth Williams

Question 5

They reaped fortunes from diagnosing diseases by urine appearance.

Answer 5

Quacks

Question 6

They made scientific observations on urine. They found out that the sweetish taste was attracted by ants.

Answer 6

Hindu doctors

Question 7

Who were the prominent figures in Medical Technology of the 14th century?

Answer 7

Anna Fagelson and Mondino de Luzzi

Question 8

Prefers to date when an Italian physician at the University of Bologna employed Alessandra Giliani. Performs laboratory tests and died from laboratory acquired infections

Answer 8

Anna Fagelson

Question 9

An Italian physician, anatomist, and professor of surgery

Answer 9

Mondino de Luzzi

Question 10

Medical Technology profession rapidly progressed in the __ century.

Answer 10

17th Century

Question 11

Invented the first functional microscope

Answer 11

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek

Question 12

The Father of Microbiology

Answer 12

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek

Question 13

The first to describe red blood cells, protoza, and classify the shape of bacteria

Answer 13

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek

Question 14

Made several means of collecting evidences to diagnose his patients

Answer 14

Dr. William Occam

Question 15

Found out that a large part of the complete picture of the diagnosis consisted laboratory findings

Answer 15

Dr. William Occam

Question 16

The idea of changing science of medicine system was interfered by the government. Thus, the issuance of ___.

Answer 16

Apothecaries Act of 1815

Question 17

Humboldt’s physical findings before and after death:

Answer 17

Anatomical Pathology

Question 18

Had/Induced a complete change in medicine

Answer 18

Baron Karl von Humboldt

Question 19

(Humboldt) Followed by determination of cause of disease:

Answer 19

Bacteriology

Question 20

Prominent figures of Medical Technology in 1800

Answer 20

Dr. William Occam and Baron Karl von Humboldt

Question 21

Prominent figures from 1628-1694

Answer 21

Marcello Malpighi and Rudolf Virchow

Question 22

The greatest early microscopist because of his work in embryology and anatomy

Answer 22

Marcello Malpighi

Question 23

One of the youngest medical specialists who founded in Berlin the archives in Pathology. Also made a scientific contribution on Cell Theory

Answer 23

Rudolf Virchow

Question 24

Opened the 1st well equipped chemical laboratory in the US (University of Michigan) in the year 1857

Answer 24

Dr. Silas Douglas

Question 25

When did the first well-equipped laboratory in the US open?

Answer 25

1857

Question 26

What year was the start of the 1st laboratory instruction in the US

Answer 26

1884

Question 27

Same laboratory opened at Medical College of St. Bartholomew

Answer 27

1854

Question 28

University of Cambridge hired part-time practicing clinicians reinforced as teachers

Answer 28

1858

Question 29

Prominent figure in 1878

Answer 29

Dr. William H. Welch

Question 30

Transferred to Bellevue Hospital Medical College and was the first to offer PATHOLOGY in an American school therefore making him the first pathology professor

Answer 30

Dr. William H. Welch

Question 31

The first clinical laboratory to open occupying 12x12 size room

Answer 31

Johns Hopkins University Departement of Pathology

Question 32

When was Johns Hopkins University Dept. of Pathology established?

Answer 32

1885

Question 33

From the University of Pennsylvania and had a stain named after him called Shigella flexneri

Answer 33

Dr. Simon Flexner

Question 34

Initiated the use of laboratory animals for experimentation and concluded that the use of laboratory methods in clinical medicine elucidates pathological problems

Answer 34

Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson

Question 35

Father of Modern Medicine

Answer 35

Dr. William Osler (1896)

Question 36

Opened at University of Pennsylvania and is the oldest clinical laboratory in the US

Answer 36

William Pepper Laboratory

Question 37

write “A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis” in 1908

Answer 37

Dr. James C. Todd

Question 38

“A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis” was retitled as what

Answer 38

“Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Method”

Question 39

Became the standard reference book for laboratories and were written by Dr. James Todd and Dr. Arthur Stanford

Answer 39

Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Method

Question 40

100. ale technicians employed in the US

Answer 40

1900

Question 41

3,300 technicians

Answer 41

1920

Question 42

3, 035 hospitals had clinical laboratories

Answer 42

1922

Question 43

When was the Approval of Insurance Act done?

Answer 43

1911

Question 44

The Approval pf the __ Act made complete changes in laboratory science

Answer 44

Insurance Act

Question 45

Enacted a law requiring all hospitals to have adequate laboratories with full time laboratory technicians

Answer 45

State Legislature of Pennsylvania

Question 46

What year did the State Legislature of Pennsylvania enact a law on the requirement of laboratories and technicians in all hospitals and institutions?

Answer 46

1915

Question 47

An important factor in the demand of clinical lab and produced great demand for technicians

Answer 47

World War I

Question 48

What organization was developed in 1921?

Answer 48

Organization of Denver Society of Clinical Pathologist

Question 49

The Denver Society of Clinical Pathologist was established in what year?

Answer 49

1921

Question 50

Established one of the 1st lab training schools for laboratory workers and issued course bulletin entitled “Courses in MedTech for Clinical and Laboratory Technicians”

Answer 50

University of Minnesota

Question 51

When did the University of Minnesota establish one of the 1st lab training schools for lab workers

Answer 51

1922

Question 52

When was the American Board of Pathologist established?

Answer 52

1936

Question 53

Increase blood use and adopted “closed system” blood collection Instrumentation became advance & measurements made use of instruments Emergence of automated equipment and development of new QC programs

Answer 53

World War II

Question 54

The US required a 2 year collegiate education + 12-month lab training for the preparation of its practice

Answer 54

1940

Question 55

A standard curriculum was formalized in preparation for a Bachelor of Science degree

Answer 55

1950