MTLBE - Week 1 (Introduction and
History of Medical Technology) Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Ruth Heineman - ✔✔She defined Medical Technology as:
"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 - ✔✔She defined Medical Technology as:
"Branch of medicine concerned with the performance of laboratory
determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and
maintenance of health."
R.A 5527 - ✔✔According to (?), Medical Technology is:
"An auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examination
by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic, and other medical procedures,
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,technique which aid the physician in the diagnosis, study, and treatment of
disease and in the promotion of health in general."
Hippocrates (460 B.C) - ✔✔Known as the Father of Medicine and for formulating
the Code of Ethics for practicing physicians
Blood, Phlegm, Yellow bile, Black bile - ✔✔What are the four humors according
to Hippocrates?
Hindu Doctors (600 B.C) - ✔✔Noted that polyuria is present in diabetes and that
urine of certain individuals attract ants due to its sweet taste
Vivian Herrick (1500 B.C) - ✔✔Mentioned Taenia and Ascaris in early writings
Ebers Papyrus - ✔✔A document that has descriptions of the 3 stages of
hookworm infection
Prof. M Ruth Williams (1096-1438) - ✔✔Person that stated that urinalysis was a
fad during the medieval period
"Introduction to Profession of Medical Technology" - ✔✔A book written by Prof
M. Ruth Williams, states that urinalysis was a fad during the medieval period
Anne Fagelson (14th Century) - ✔✔A prominent Italian physician at the
Mondino de' Luzzi at the University of Bologna
Alessandra Giliani - ✔✔Is employed by Anne Fagelson as a laboratory assistant
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, Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) - ✔✔Invented the first functional
microscope which led to the rapid progress of microbiology and pathology
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) - ✔✔First to describe RBCs, see protozoa,
and classify bacteria according to shape
Marcelo Malphigi (1628-1694) - ✔✔Father of Histology and used the microscope
and described several microscopic structures
Rudolph Virchow (1847) - ✔✔Founded the "Archives of Pathology" in Berlin,
one of the youngest medical specialist
Herman Fehling (1848) - ✔✔Performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar
15th century - ✔✔In what period:
1. Aniline dyes were used to stain microorganisms
2. Bacterial staining and microscopic study on bacteria were made possible
Dr. Silas Douglas (1844) ; University of Michigan - ✔✔(?) established the first
chemical laboratory at the (?), gave the first laboratory course in Pathology in
an American medical school
Dr. William H. Welch (1878) - ✔✔Who is the first professor of pathology at John
Hopkins University?
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History of Medical Technology) Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
Ruth Heineman - ✔✔She defined Medical Technology as:
"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 - ✔✔She defined Medical Technology as:
"Branch of medicine concerned with the performance of laboratory
determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of disease and
maintenance of health."
R.A 5527 - ✔✔According to (?), Medical Technology is:
"An auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examination
by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic, and other medical procedures,
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,technique which aid the physician in the diagnosis, study, and treatment of
disease and in the promotion of health in general."
Hippocrates (460 B.C) - ✔✔Known as the Father of Medicine and for formulating
the Code of Ethics for practicing physicians
Blood, Phlegm, Yellow bile, Black bile - ✔✔What are the four humors according
to Hippocrates?
Hindu Doctors (600 B.C) - ✔✔Noted that polyuria is present in diabetes and that
urine of certain individuals attract ants due to its sweet taste
Vivian Herrick (1500 B.C) - ✔✔Mentioned Taenia and Ascaris in early writings
Ebers Papyrus - ✔✔A document that has descriptions of the 3 stages of
hookworm infection
Prof. M Ruth Williams (1096-1438) - ✔✔Person that stated that urinalysis was a
fad during the medieval period
"Introduction to Profession of Medical Technology" - ✔✔A book written by Prof
M. Ruth Williams, states that urinalysis was a fad during the medieval period
Anne Fagelson (14th Century) - ✔✔A prominent Italian physician at the
Mondino de' Luzzi at the University of Bologna
Alessandra Giliani - ✔✔Is employed by Anne Fagelson as a laboratory assistant
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, Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) - ✔✔Invented the first functional
microscope which led to the rapid progress of microbiology and pathology
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) - ✔✔First to describe RBCs, see protozoa,
and classify bacteria according to shape
Marcelo Malphigi (1628-1694) - ✔✔Father of Histology and used the microscope
and described several microscopic structures
Rudolph Virchow (1847) - ✔✔Founded the "Archives of Pathology" in Berlin,
one of the youngest medical specialist
Herman Fehling (1848) - ✔✔Performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar
15th century - ✔✔In what period:
1. Aniline dyes were used to stain microorganisms
2. Bacterial staining and microscopic study on bacteria were made possible
Dr. Silas Douglas (1844) ; University of Michigan - ✔✔(?) established the first
chemical laboratory at the (?), gave the first laboratory course in Pathology in
an American medical school
Dr. William H. Welch (1878) - ✔✔Who is the first professor of pathology at John
Hopkins University?
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