INtroduction to Medical technology

Also known as clinical laboratory science or laboratory medicine

Medical Technology

according to her it is a branch of medicine the performance of laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health.

Anne Fagelson

according to this author it is a health profession 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

.Walters

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

Medical Technology

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

Ruth Heinemann

Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969

Republic act of 5527

7 branches of med tech

Hematology • Clinical Chemistry • Medical Microbiology • Clinical Microscopy • Immunology • Serology • General pathology

Oldest preserved Egyptian compilation of medical texts

Ebers Papyrus 1500 BC

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

Ebers Papyrus 1500 BC

the ebers papyrus (1500 BC) has how many pages and how long?

110 pages 20 meters long

who traced the beginning of medical technology when intestinal parasite such as Taenia and Ascaris were first identified (1500 B.C.).

VIvian Herrick

vivian herrick identified the parasites_and

Taenia and Ascaris

when was taenia and ascaris identified?

1500 BC

Hippocrates

Father of medicine