History of Medical Technology and Laboratory Science

Vocabulary flashcards covering key definitions, historical figures, organizations, and milestones in Medical Technology and Medical Laboratory Science.

Medical Technology

An applied science for it employs scientific investigation to come up with findings.

Medical Laboratory Science

A discipline of medicine and technology that examines and analyzes patients' samples to aid the physicians in the diagnosis, monitoring and treatment of diseases.

John Kolmer (1918)

Proposed a national certification system for medical technologists to standardize their qualifications.

Pennsylvania law (1918)

Required all hospitals to have a fully equipped laboratory for routine tests and to hire a full-time laboratory technician.

ASCP (American Society for Clinical Pathology)

Created a code of ethics for allied health professionals, emphasizing that they should work with physicians.

ASCLS

Formerly ASMT (American Society for Medical Technologists); helped gain professional recognition for non-physician clinical laboratory scientists as an independent, autonomous profession.

Hospital Real (1565)

The first hospital in the Philippines, moved to Manila to cater to military patients.

Hospital de San Juan de Dios (1596)

One of the oldest existing hospitals in the Philippines, built to cater to poor Spaniards.

University of Santo Tomas (1871)

Established the first medical programs in the Philippines, which were Pharmacy and Medicine.

Laboratorio Municipal de Manila (1887)

Established for laboratory examinations of food, water, and clinical samples.

Lt. Col. Henry Lippincott (1898)

Converted Spanish Military Hospitals to Reserve Hospitals containing a diagnostic laboratory.

Richard Strong

Utilized the laboratory to perform autopsies and to examine blood, feces, and urine along with other services.

Bureau of Government Laboratories (1901)

Established to address and develop methods in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of human and animal diseases.

College of Public Health (1927)

University of The Philippines institution that opened its Certificate in Public Health program to provide proper training.

Manila Public Health Laboratory

Located at Quiricada St., Sta. Cruz Manila, it was the first clinical laboratory in the Philippines.

Dr. Pio de Roda and Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana

Conducted a 6-month training program for aspiring laboratory workers.

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

17th-century creator of the single-lens microscope and Father of Microbiology, known for his work on the improvement of the microscope.

Marie Francois Xavier Bichat (1793)

Identified organs by their tissue types and recognized as the Father of Histology.

Edward Jenner

Discovered vaccination to establish immunity to smallpox.

Louis Pasteur (1857)

Produced immunity to rabies and recognized as the Father of Immunology.

Gregor Mendel (1866)

Enunciated the laws of inherited characteristics through plant genetics studies.

Uroscopy

An ancient and historical form of divination that attempts to predict the future or interpret omens by examining human or animal urine.

Joseph Lister (1870)

Demonstrated that surgical infections are caused by airborne organisms (antiseptic technique).

Robert Koch (1877)

Captured the first photographs of Bacillus anthracis (anthrax) and later discovered Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

Elie Metchnikoff (1886)

Described phagocytes in blood and their essential role in immunity and fighting infections.

Ernst von Bergmann

Introduced steam sterilization for surgical instruments.

Karl Landsteiner (1902)

Discovered the ABO blood group system, establishing modern blood transfusion safety.

August von Wassermann (1906)

Developed the first serologic and immunologic tests for syphilis.

Howard Taylor Ricketts (1906)

Discovered Rickettsiae, a class of microorganisms intermediate between bacteria and viruses.

Hans Fischer (1929)

Determined the chemical structure of hemoglobin.

James Westgard (1973)

Introduced the Westgard Rules for quality control analysis in clinical laboratories.

Baruch Samuel Blumberg (1980)

Developed and introduced the Hepatitis B vaccine.

Kary Mullis (1985)

Invented the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique for amplifying DNA.

André van Steirteghem (1922)

Introduced Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI) for In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).

James Thomson (1988)

Successfully isolated and derived the first human embryonic stem cell line.