1st exam
is a branch of the allied health professions
Medical Technology
believed to be caused by the negative interaction between the environment and the body.
Disease
Father of Medicine
Hippocrates of Kos (300 BC - 180 AD)
Author of the Hippocratic Oath
Hippocrates of Kos (300 BC - 180 AD)
advocated the tasting of urine, listening to the lungs, and observing outward appearances in the diagnosis of disease
Hippocrates of Kos (300 BC - 180 AD)
concluded that the appearance of bubbles, blood, and pus in urine indicated kidney disease and chronic illnesses.
Hippocrates of Kos (300 BC - 180 AD)
described diabetes as the “diarrhea of urine”
Claudios Galen of Pergamum
Greek physician and philosopher, Father of Experimental Physiology
Claudios Galen of Pergamum
established the relationship between fluid intake and urine volume
Claudios Galen of Pergamum
first description of hematuria (blood in urine), attributed to failure of kidneys to function properly in filtering the blood
Rufus of Ephesus
HOT + MOIST
Blood
HOT + DRY
Yellow Bile
COLD + MOIST
Phlegm
COLD + DRY
Black bile
able to conclude that if urine attracted ants, then patient has another kidney disease and may have diabetes
Greeks
known for practicing immunizations by inhaling the powder from small scabs
Chinese
known for developing surgical tools (ex. scalpel, forceps, surgical needles)
Romans
known for practicing toxicology in the form of Agadatantra
Indians
Early Christians believed that disease was either:
punishment for a sin
possession
witchcraft
Jewish physician and philosopher
devised guidelines for the use of urine as a diagnostic aid
Isaac Judaeus
water casting
Uroscopy
Physician who failed to examine urine will be subjected to PUBLIC BEATINGS
Jerusalem Code of 1090
inventor of the first Janssen Microscope which is an eyepiece and an objective
Zacharrias Janssen
When was the 1st book detailing the color, density, quality, and sediment found in the urine was written around this time as well
900 AD
What century were medical practitioners not allowed to conduct physical examination of the patient’s body (relied solely on the patient’s symptoms, description, and observations)
Early 11th century
medical techniques and cadaver dissections were used to provide more accurate diagnosis
18th century
what century did physicians began using machines for diagnosis or therapeutics
19th century
80% of medical professionals were non-physicians, impelled the need for for technicians to be proficient in the use of technology.
1969