History of the Medical Technology Profession

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards detailing the historical evolution, key figures, and milestones of the medical technology profession in global, US, and Philippine contexts.

Heinemann's Definition

The application of principles of natural, physical, & biological sciences to the performance of laboratory procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

Fagelson's Definition

Branch of medicine concerned with the performance of the laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and the maintenance of health.

Walters's Definition

The health profession concerned with performing laboratory analyses in view of obtaining information necessary in the diagnosis & treatment of diseases as well as in the maintenance of good health.

Ebers Papyrus

The earliest record of medical technology ($1550\,BC$) which mentioned intestinal parasites like Taenia and Ascaris and 3 stages of Hookworm infection.

Vivian Herrick

The individual who identified the Ebers Papyrus as the earliest record of medical technology.

Alexandra Giliani

A $14th\,century$ worker at the University of Bologna who highlighted the vascular tree using fluid dyes and died of a laboratory-acquired disease.

Zaccharias Jansen

The inventor of the compound microscope with $9x$ magnification.

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

The Father of microbiology who improved lenses to $270x$, described RBCs, and classified bacteria according to shape.

Marcello Malpighi

An Italian physician and founder of microscopic anatomy, histology, physiology, and embryology; known as the Father and founder of pathology.

Rudolf Carl Virchow

The father of modern pathology and microscopic pathology who founded the Archives of Pathology in Berlin in 1847.

William Henry Perkin

The individual responsible for the production of Aniline Dyes.

Baron Karl von Humbeldt

A leader who helped make the practice of using physical findings before and after death to establish anatomical pathology more widespread.

Dr. Douglas

Established the 1st chemical lab related to medicine at the University of Michigan in 1884.

William Welch

Opened a lab in Bellevue Hospital Medical College in 1878 and became the 1st professor of pathology at John Hopkins University.

Dr. William Osler

Established a clinical lab at John Hopkins in 1889 where routine exams on clinical specimens were performed.

James Todd & Arthur Sanford

Authors of "A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods" (1908), now called "Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods."

Pennsylvania Law (1915)

The first law requiring all hospitals to have a lab and employ a full-time technician.

University of Minnesota

The first institution to award a Bachelor of Science degree with a specialization in Medical Technology (1922).

Suez Canal Opening

One of the two events that triggered Medical Technology practice in the Philippines by facilitating information dissemination from the West.

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The group that introduced Medical Technology to the Philippines during World War II and trained Filipinos in laboratory work.

Dr. Alfredo Pio de Roda

Requested the help of Dr. Mariano Icasiano to preserve the lab in Sta. Cruz, Manila, and set up the first public health laboratory in the Philippines.

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The location where the first laboratory in the Philippines was established on October 1, 1945.

Willa Hedrick

The individual who started the first 4-year PUC-MAMC program in the Philippines in 1953.

Jesse Umali

One of the first students of the PUC-MAMC program in the Philippines.

Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana

Collaborated with Dr. de Roda to offer free training for lab workers in 1947 and formal 6-month training in 1954.