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clinical laboratory science or the science of laboratory medicine.

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Medical Technology

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involves the application of diagnostic, preventive and therapeutic medicine to monitor and improve the management of health conditions.

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Medical Technology

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concerned with the performance of laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health.

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Medical Technology

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concerned with performing laboratory analyses in view of obtaining information necessary in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases as well as in the maintenance of good health.

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Medical Technology

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application of the principles of natural, physical and biological sciences in laboratory procedures to aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

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Medical Technology

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Philippine Medical Technology of 1969

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RA 5527

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When was the Philippine Medical Technology act of 1969 approved?

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June 21, 1969

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aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of disease and in the promotion of health in general.

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Medical Technology

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Oldest preserved Egyptian compilation of medical texts

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Ebers Papyrus

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Contains chapters on contraception, pregnancy, eye and skin problems, surgery, burns and intestinal diseases and parasites

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Ebers Papyrus

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describes the treatment of hookworm disease and infection transmissible to human

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Ebers Papyrus

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first medical technologist

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Vivian Herrick

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medical technologist who traced the beginning of medical technology when intestinal parasite such as Taenia and Ascaris were first identified

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Vivian Herrick

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Father of Medicine

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Hippocrates

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Advocated the use of mind and senses as

diagnostic tools

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Hippocrates

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He described four humors or body fluids in the

human body

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Hippocrates

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oldest lab procedure

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Urinalysis

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poured urine on ground when it attracts insects = patient diagnosed with boils - large pimples

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Greeks

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What are the four humors?

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A. blood
B. phlegm
C. yellow bile
D. black bile

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based upon the observation of Blood as drawn in a glass container and left undisturbed for about an hour.

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four humours

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dark clot at the bottom

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Black bile

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Above the clot is a layer of RBC

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Blood

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Above is a whitish layer of WBC = now called the buffy coat)

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Phlegm

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The top layer is clear yellow serum

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Made the first description of hematuria
Rufus of Ephesus
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presence of blood in the urine. Due to inability of the kidneys to filter blood
hematuria
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diagnosis by visual examination of urine. (water casting method-flask)
Uroscopy
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symbol of medieval medicine
Urine flask
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Detailed concepts of urine formation, urine sediments and urine characteristics in relation to diseases
Kitab al Baul (Body of Urine)
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Formulated rules for the use of urine in patients' diagnosis
Isaac Judeus
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One of the founders of the origins of nephrology - study of the kidney
Isaac Judeus
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Failure of physicians to examine patient's urine was punishable by public beatings
Jerusalem Code of 1090
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invented microscope (1590s)
Zaccharias Janssen and his father Hans
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Believed that MT began from this period as supported by the fact that urinalysis was a fad.
Ruth Williams
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Made the "scientific observation" that the urine of certain individuals attracted to ants - such urine have a sweetish taste. (diabetic)
Hindu Doctors
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Believed that MT started when a prominent Italian doctor at the University of Bologna employed Alessandra Gillani to perform different task in the lab
Anne Fagelson (14th Century)
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used in staining microorganisms (able to identify microorganisms according to their shape and size)
aniline dyes
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First one to saw bacteria and classified them according to shapes. Described blood cells, muscle fibers, spermatozoa and protozoa
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632)
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Father of Microbiology
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632)
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Greatest of the early microscopists. Blood of patients with plagues contained "worms"
Athanasius Kircher (1646)
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contributions to embryology and anatomy made him known as the "Founding father of modern Anatomic Pathology”
Marcello Malpighi
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Introduced the gravimetric analysis of urine by weighing a number of 24-hr urine specimens against water
Jean Baptiste van Helmont
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Investigated and showed that blood transfusion from one animal to another is possible
Richard Lower (1631-1691)
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Observed that proteins in the urine precipitated when boiled with acetic acid
Frederick Dekkers (1694)
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the presence of protein in the urine (kidney disease)
proteinuria
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Discovered that plasma could be separated from blood cells when blood clots
William Hewson (1739-1774)
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could be precipitated from the plasma upon application of temperature higher than 50°C
Coagulable lymph
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Coagulable lymph
fibrinogen
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recognized as the Father of Microscopic Pathology
Rudolf Virchow (1847)
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Founder of Archives (collection of records) of Pathology in Berlin
Rudolf Virchow (1847)
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Formulated the cell theory
Rudolf Virchow (1847)
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German Chemist Develop and Performed the first qualitative glucose test for urine If glucose if present in the urine the person is diagnosed with diabetes
Herman von Fehling (1848)
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studied cholera outbreak in London and brought the situation under control Identified the source of contamination
John Snow
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studied aerobic and anaerobic bacteria
Louis Pasteur (1861)
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Developed anthrax vaccine (1881)
Louis Pasteur (1861)
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- Vaccine for a bacterium Bacillus anthracis
anthrax vaccine
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One of the main founders of modern bacteriology
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch
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4 generalize principles linking specific microorganisms to specific diseases that remain today as the "gold standard" in medical microbiology
Koch's postulate

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