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Medical Technology - CORRECT ANSWER It is also known as 'clinical laboratory
science' or 'medical laboratory science'. This is the application of principles of
various science to evaluate a certain health condition.
Clinical Laboratory Science or Medical Laboratory Science - CORRECT ANSWER
Another name/s for Medical Technology
RA 5527 Section 2 - CORRECT ANSWER This stated that "Medical Technology is
the examination by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic, and other
medical lab procedures that will aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and
treatment of the disease, and promote of health."
The Medical Technology Act of 1969 - CORRECT ANSWER Another name for RA
5527
Vivian Hedrick - CORRECT ANSWER She stated that intestinal parasites (taenia and
ascaris) and the three stages of hookworm infections were found in Ebers Papyrus
Parasitology section of the clinical laboratory - CORRECT ANSWER The section
where identification of intestinal parasites is done today
Anne Fagelson - CORRECT ANSWER She stated that Medical Technology began in
the 14th Century when an Italian physician at the University of Bologna employed
Alessandra Gilliani to perform certain tasks now under the domain of the MT
profession
Ruth Williams - CORRECT ANSWER She wrote the book "An Introduction to the
Profession of Medical Technology", and believed that science began in the
Medieval Period (when urinalysis was a fad)
Urinalysis - CORRECT ANSWER This is the "oldest laboratory science" and is the
diagnosing of diseases through the appearance of urine
, Observing Urine - CORRECT ANSWER The oldest known practice on bodily fluids
Diabetes - CORRECT ANSWER The diagnosis of ancient physicians when they saw
that ants were attracted to the urine
Ebers Papyrus - CORRECT ANSWER The oldest preserved Egyptian compilation of
medical texts
- Contains chapters on contraception, pregnancy, eye and skin problems, surgery,
burns, and intestinal diseases and parasites
Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER "Father of Medicine"
- The mind and senses are diagnostic tools
- Mentioned TB, malaria, mumps, anthrax, and purpuria septicemia > childbed
fever
4 Humors/Body Fluids - CORRECT ANSWER blood, phlegm, yellow bile, black bile
Blood - CORRECT ANSWER The Fluid of Life
Purpuria septicemia - CORRECT ANSWER childbed fever
Pope Innocent VII - CORRECT ANSWER First unlucky recipient of the blood draught
William Harvey - CORRECT ANSWER Discovered blood circulation -> era of blood
transfusion started
Richard Lower - CORRECT ANSWER Animal to animal blood transfusion
Jean-Baptiste Denis - CORRECT ANSWER Animal to human blood transfusion
James Blundell - CORRECT ANSWER Human to human blood transfusion
Karl Landsteiner - CORRECT ANSWER Discovered ABO blood group system
1492 - CORRECT ANSWER The year the first blood transfusion was ever recorded