TOPIC I: HISTORY OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENCE/MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY PRACTICE

MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

A clinical laboratory science related to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of disease

● DETECTIVES

● PERFORM ROUTINE AND COMPLEX ANALYSES

● RESPONSIBLE IN THE ACCURACY OF RESULTS

● CORRELATE INTERDEPENDENT TEST RESULTS

● CAN SUPERVISE AND TEACH

MEDICAL LABORATORY SCIENTISTS

HEINEMANN

Application of principles of natural, physical, and biological sciences to the performance of laboratory procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

ANNE FAGELSON

The branch of medicine concerned with the performance of laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and maintenance of health.

PHILIPPINE MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ACT OF 1969

An auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examination by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic, and other medical procedures,technique which will aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of disease and in the p

460 BC HIPPOCRATES

1500 BC VIVIAN HERRICK

1096-1438 RUTH WILLIAMS

14TH CENTURY ANNE FAGELSON

1628-1694 MALPIGHI

1632-1723 ANTON VAN LEEYWENHOEK

1848 FEHLING

15TH CENTURY ANLINE DYES WERE PRODUCED

HISTORY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

TIMELINE OF EVENTS

HIPPOCRATES - 460 B.C.

A Greek physician regarded as the founder of scientific medicine and considered the 'Father of Medicine.'

VIVIEN HERRICK - 1500 B.C

Traces the beginning of Medical Technology when intestinal parasites such as Taenia and Ascaris were mentioned in early writing.

Ebers Papyrus

book containing the description of the three stages of hookworm infection

RUTH WILLIAMS - (1096-1438)

She believed that Medical Technology began from the Medieval period, by the fact that urinalysis was a fad.

Early Hindu Doctors

- made a scientific observation that the urine of certain individuals attracted ants and that such urine had a sweet taste.

ANNE FAGELSON - 14TH CENTURY

She preferred to date Medical Technology from the 14th century

Alessandra Giliani

employed to perform tasks under the domain of Medical Technology by a prominent Italian physician at the University of Bologna but died from a laboratory-acquired infection.

MARCELLO MALPIGHI - (1628-1694)

He was described as the greatest of the early microscopists. His work in embryology and anatomy marked him as the founder of pathology.

ANTONIE VAN LEEUWENHOEK - (1632-1723)

He invented and improved the compound microscope. He was the first to describe red blood cells, to see protozoan, and to classify bacteria according to shape. It led to the rapid progress of microbiology and pathology.

HERMANN VON FEHLING - 1848

He performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar.

He performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar.

Aniline dyes, for staining microorganisms were produced about the middle 15th century. Hence, bacterial staining and and microscopic study on bacteria were made possible

Stethoscope 1816

Microscope 1840

Ophthalmoscope 1850

Laryngoscope 1855

X-ray 1859

Electrocardiograph 1903

Kenny Method 1910

Drinker Respirator 1927

Heart- Lung Machine 1939

Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography 1941

Technological Progress in the Medical Field

DR. DOUGLAS

Established the first

chemical laboratory

at the University of

Michigan.

DR. WILLIAM

WELCH

Gave the first

laboratory course

in pathology. He

became the first

professor of

pathology at John

Hopkins University

in 1885.

DR. WILLIAM

OSLER

Opened the first

clinical laboratory at

John Hopkins

Hospital in 1896.

Search for malarial

parasites in the

blood were given

special attention

DR. JAMES

TODD

Wrote the book "A

Manual of Clinical

Diagnosis in 1908

and was retitled

"Clinical Diagnosis

by Laboratory

Methods by

Dr.Todd and Dr.

Sanford

World War I

was an important factor in the growth of clinical

laboratory and produced a great demand for technicians.

University of Minnesota

was the first to offer degree level program in

1923

1931

Denver Society of Clinical Pathologist was organized

1936

American Board of Pathology was established

World War II

The use of blood increased and the closed system of

blood collection was widely used.

26TH MEDICAL INFANTRY OF THE

US ARMY

They established the first clinical laboratory in the Philippines At

Quiracada St., Sta. Cruz, Manila where the Manila Public Health Laboratory

is presently located.

DR. ALFREDO PIO DE RODA

Realized the need for clinical laboratories in the Philippines. He formally organized the Manila

Public Health Laboratory from the remnants of the deserted laboratory was assisted by Dr.

Mariano Icasiano, who was the the Manila City Health Officer, on October 1, 1945.

Dr. Prudencio Sta. Ana.

In 1947, he revived the training of high school graduates to work as medical technicians together

with

MRS. WILLA HILGERT-HEDRICK

The founder of Medical Technology Education in the Philippines.

DR. JESSE UMALI

The first graduate of Philippine Union College (PUC) in Baesa, Caloocan

City—the first school to offer a BS in Medical Technology in 1956, now known as

Adventist University of the Philippines. A successful OB-Gynecologist