HISTORY OF MEDICALTECHNOLOGY One could learn from how patients heal to improve treatment of the next patients. • This completely changed how we viewed diseases. They were no longer some mysterious force that took so many lives.C) and Galen (131-201 A.• Evolution of Medical Technology • Hippocrates (460-377 B.D) were first physicians to document their patient’s process of healing to improve patient care. medical practice in ancient time was about gathering information and processing information. In other words. . Hippocrates Galen . • Not until the 18th century did physicians start to use manual techniques to diagnose patients and to study dead bodies. . • For a long time. the practice of medicine was based on patient’s descriptions of symptoms not based on hands-on experience such as examination of a patient’s body. the use of technology in medical practice did not start until the 19th century.• However. Vaughan worked as lab. Douglas – not hospital connected – Dr. blood and stomach contents . assistant in 1874 – examined urine. THE FIRST LABORATORIES • University of Michigan – Chemical laboratory related to medicine (1844) – Dr. William H. THE FIRST LABORATORIES Dr. • Amphitheater for autopsy • Pathology laboratory . Welch –studied pathology and bacteriology –Germany –Started the first laboratory course in Bellevue Hospital Medical College –Became the first professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University in 1885 –2 storey building • Bacteriology lab. THE FIRST LABORATORIES • First clinical Laboratory – 1896 – Johns Hopkins Hospital – Small room (12 x 12) . Johns Hopkins Hospital . Arthur Sanford (1927): Clinical Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods . Todd and Dr. Todd – Kitchen table – Few shelves – 6th edition by Dr. THE FIRST LABORATORIES • Manual of Clinical Diagnosis – 1908 – James C. Bernard and Henry . THE FIRST LABORATORIES • Manual of Clinical Diagnosis – Standard reference for laboratories – Editorship of Davidsohn and Henry – John. PROGRESS AFTER WORLD WAR I • Important factor in the growth of the clinical laboratory • Great demand for technicians • Demand for laboratory determinations • University of Minnesota was the first to offer a degree level program . INFLUENCE OF WW II • Use of blood increased • Closed system of blood collection was widely adopted • Rh determination added to transfusion process • Rapid advance in instrumentation • Instruments that measure intensity of color production . INFLUENCE OF WW II • First automated equipment • Quality control programs became common • Lab medicine moved to an era of sophistication • Pathology. studies of blood cells. clinical microscopy. physiological chemistry and bacteriology . 6th Army was set up in Manila • Quiricada St. BIRTH OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES • End of WW II • 26th Medical Laboratory of the U. S. Cruz Manila • Manila Public Health Laboratory • Training of Filipino High School Graduates as laboratory technicians • Shipped back to U. S. in 1945 . Sta. Sta. Under City Health department Public Health Laboratory (October 1. Icasiano (Manila City Health Officer) Medical Lab. technologists . 1945) Dr. Prudencio C. BIRTH OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES Dr. Alfredo Pio de Roda (bacteriologist) Dr. Tirso Briones –Syllabus for training high school and paramedical graduates to become med. Ana Dr. Mariano C. Medical Technology – Jesse Umali – UST. S. FEU followed . BIRTH OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES • 1954 – PUC – National Adventist University of the Philippines – Manila Sanitarium and Hospital – 4 year course leading to B. CEU. Antonio Gabriel – Dr. 1960 (first 3 yr course) – aJune 12. 1961 (4th yr. internship program) . Gustavo Reyes – Elective course to Pharmacy graduates – June 30. BIRTH OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES • 1957 – Dr. BIRTH OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES • 1960 – CEU – First graduates in 1962 . BIRTH OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY IN THE PHILIPPINES • 1961 – FEU .