MTLAW LESSON 1

• Medical Technology is the application of principles of natural, physical and biological sciences to the performance of laboratory procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
• SEC 12 – ESPALDON, RON ANGEL M.
• Cajucum with the help of the legal counsel, Atty Dexter Bihis PHISMETS is a special program of the student development committee of the PASMETH to serve as a transforming venue for the integral and holistic development of medical technology.
• An Auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine, Medical Technology deals with the examination by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic, and other medical procedures, techniques which aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of disease and in the promotion of health in general.
• Hippocrates, the Father of medicine, is known for the Hippocratic oath & Code of ethics for practicing physician.
• The Four Humors are Blood, Phlegm, Yellow, and Black bile.
• The earliest records of diabetes care can be traced back to the Hindu doctors around 600 B.C.
• Vivia Herrick mentioned Taenia and Ascaris in early writings.
• The Ebers Papyrus have descriptions of the 3 Stages of hookworm infection.
• Ruth Williams stated in her book "An Introduction to Profession of MT™ that urinalysis was fashionable during medieval period.
• Anton van Leeuwenhoek, a Dutch microbiologist, invented the first functional microscope and was the first to describe RBCs see protozoa, and classify bacteria according to shape.
• Rudolph Virchow, a German physician, is known as the Father of histology and used the microscope to describe several microscopic structures.
• Rudolph Virchow also founded the Archives of Pathology in Berlin.
• Herman Felling performed the first quantitative test in urine sugar in the 15th century.
• In the 16th century, Aniline dyes were used in staining microorganisms.
• In the 17th century, bacterial staining and microscopic study on bacteria were made possible.
• Silas Douglas established the first chemical laboratory at the University of Michigan and gave the first laboratory course in pathology in an American Medical School.
• William H. Welch opened a laboratory in Bellevue Hospital Medical College and was the first professor of pathology at John Hopkins University.
• PASMETH, Philippine Association of Schools MT & Public Health, is a national organization of all recognized schools of MT in the Philippines.
• Gustavo Reyes offered an elective to pharmacy graduates leading to MT course at UST Faculty of Pharmacy in 1957.
• DepEd issued a temporary permit for 1st to 3rd year in UST on June 19, 1957.
• PAMET was officially recognized as the only APO (Accredited Professional Organization) of RMT in the Philippines in 1973.
• P.D. 233 was approved creating PRC on June 22, 1973.
• PAMET was incorporated and registered at the SEC (No.39570) during the presidency of Mr. Nardito D. Moraleta on June 21, 1969.
• The program was issued to UST on June 14, 1961.
• William Osler, the first clinical laboratory opened at John Hopkins Hospital and routine examination and malarial examination were carried out.
• PAMET and PASMETH are both members of PHISMETS, a special program of the student development committee of the PASMETH to serve a transforming venue for the integral and holistic development of medical technology.
• Sec. 12 of the Medical Technology Act, also known as Espaldon, Ron Angel M.T., was enacted on June 22, 1973.
• Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez offered the elective as a full course on June 17, 1957.
• CEU produced the first batch of BSMT graduates in 1962.
• PAMET was recognized as the only APO (Accredited Professional Organization) of RMT in the Philippines.
• PAMET Hymn was composed by Hector Gayares, Jr. & Francis Pefanco.
• The 4-year BSMT course was fully recognized at UST in 1962.
• PAMET, Philippine Association of Medical Technologists, Inc., was organized on September 15, 1963 at the Public Health Laboratory, Sta. Cruz, Manila.
• R.A. 5527 was enacted to a law on June 22, 1973.
• William Pepper Laboratory, a clinical laboratory, had been opened at the University of Pennsylvania.
• James C. Todd published a laboratory guide entitled "Manual of Clinical Diagnosis" and Dr Todd and Dr.
• Dr. Alfredo Pio de Roda, a well-known bacteriologist and the first city health officer of Manila, reopened and established the medical laboratory under the city health department in February 1947.
• The PUC graduated its first MT graduate in March 1955.
• In 1931, the Denver Society of Clinical Pathologists were organized.