Principles of Medical Laboratory Science 1 - Activity Sheet #1

Vocabulary flashcards covering key historical figures, discoveries, and terms from early medicine and the medieval period based on Medical Laboratory Science notes.

Agadatantra

A discipline focused on the practice of toxicology, as described in Ayurveda.

Ayurveda

An Indian Medicine discipline which focuses on toxicology.

Rufus of Ephesus

First to describe hematuria (blood in urine) and its link to kidney function.

Hematuria

The presence of blood in urine, first described by Rufus of Ephesus along with its link to kidney function.

Zacharias Janssen

Credited with inventing the early microscope with about 9x magnification.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek

Improved the microscope up to 270x magnification, advancing microscopic studies.

Athanasius Kircher

One of the earliest to use the microscope to study diseases, who observed "worms" in plague-infected blood.

Robert Hooke

Published Micrographia, featuring detailed illustrations of microscopic observations.

Micrographia

A publication by Robert Hooke featuring detailed illustrations of microscopic observations.

Marcello Malpighi

Studied chick embryology and advanced knowledge in histology and organ physiology.

Jan Baptist van Helmont

Introduced gravimetric analysis in urine examination.

Frederik Dekkers

First to describe proteinuria (presence of protein in urine).

Proteinuria

The presence of protein in urine, first described by Frederik Dekkers.

Richard Lower

Performed the first recorded blood transfusion in animals.

William Hewson

Described the process of blood coagulation.

Francis Home

Developed a yeast-based test to detect sugar in diabetic urine.

Matthew Dobson

Discovered the presence of sugar in the blood and urine of diabetic patients.