PMLS 1 - History of MT (Global Context)

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