PMLS

• According to Anna Fagelson, Medical Technology is a branched of Medicine.
• According to Ruth Heinemann, Medical Technology as the application of principles in laboratory to aid diagnosis and diseases.
• Republic Act No. 5527. The Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1964
• Use of Machineries are... Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical, and Information Technology
• In early years treating a disease is considered mystery
• Early documented works were identified to contribute to the advancement of medicine and medical technology due to high mortality incidence caused by plagues and diseases.
• In 11th century, physical examination is not allowed.
• In 18th century, mechanical techniques and cadaver dissection were used to understand the inside of the body.
• In 19th century, machines for diagnosis and therapeutic.
• Spirometer; John Hutchinson
• Jules Herrison; Sphygmomanometer
• Spirometry, derived from the Latin words SPIRO (to breathe) and METER (to measure), is a medical test which provides diagnostic information to assess a patient’s lung function.
• The sphygmomanometer, an instrument which renders the action of the arteries apparent to the eye
• Ebers Papyrus, the oldest preserved Egyptians compilation of medical text.
• It contains chapters on contraception, pregnancy, skin and eye problems, surgery, burns, intestinal disease, and parasites.
• Father of Medicine; Hippocrates
• Four humors of human body: Blood, plum, yellow bail, and black bail
• Tasting of urine; testing of lungs
• Chronic Illness and Kidney Disease: Bubbles, blood, and Pus
• Galen; described diabetes as diarrhea of urine
• Increased patients will require increased number of tests that prompted the need of medical professionals.
• Technology allows the physician to examine the patients with diagnostic accuracy instead of subjective description of symptoms only.
• 1816; Rene Laennec; Stethoscope, for lungs and heartbeats.
• 1840; Anton Van Leeuwenhoek; Microscope, for medical purposes.
• 1850; Hermann Von Helmholz; Ophthalmoscopes, first visual technology
• 1855; Manuel Garcia; Laryngoscope, to observe throat and larynx.
• 1859; Willhelm Roentgen; X-Ray, to view the inside of the body
• 1903; Willem Einthoven; ECG, measures electrical changes of human heartbeat.
• 1910; Elizabeth Kenny; Kenny Method, modern physical therapy in treatment of Polio.
• 1927; Phillip Drinker; Drinker respirator; to help paralytic anterior poliomyelitis patients.
• 1939; John Gibbon; Heart-Lung machine.
• 1941; Cardiac Catheterization and Angiography; operated by Forsmann in 1929; developed by Moniz, Reboul, Rousthoi between 1930 - 1940.
• Cournand, discovered as a safe method.
• Electron microscope for tumor and cancer.
• Tomography for organs
• MRI for computerized results
• Electron microscope, tomography, and MRI are new medical advancement.
• 1878; Dr. William Welch; Offered the first laboratory course in pathology.
• 1895; William Pepper Laboratory - University of Pennysylvania.
• 1908; James C. Todd; wrote the book Clinical Diagnosis: a Manual of Laboratory Diagnosis.