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History of the Profession JEANNE NICCI C. ORCENA, RMT  “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18 Definition of Medical Technology Heinemann “ap...

History of the Profession JEANNE NICCI C. ORCENA, RMT  “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” 1 THESSALONIANS 5:16-18 Definition of Medical Technology Heinemann “application of principles of naturall, physical, and biological sciences to the performance of laboratory procedures which aid in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.” Anne Fagelson “the branch of medicine concerned with the performance of laboratory determinations and analyses used in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases and maintenance of health.” Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969 “an auxiliary branch of laboratory medicine which deals with the examination by various chemical, microscopic, bacteriologic and other medical procedures. Technique which will aid the physician in the diagnosis, study and treatment of disease and in the promotion of health in general.” Global History  Hippocrates 460 B.C. Greek physician The founder of scientific medicine Determined the correlation between anatomical and chemical laboratory findings and the causes of diseases He adopted the triad of regimen in treating diseases and infection with the use of drugs, surgery and bloodletting  Vivian Herrick A medical technologist Mentioned the intestinal parasites and taenia in writings  Ebers Papyrus Early Hindu doctors Alessandra Giliani A book for treatment Made the “scientific 14th Century diseases contains observation” that the A prominent Italian description of the three urine of certain physician at the stages of hookworm individuals attracted University of Bologna infection ants and that such urine employed her to perform had a sweet taste tasks now under the domain of the medical technology Died from a laboratory acquired infection  Anton van Leeuwenhoek Malphigi Rudolph Virchow (1632-1723) 1628-1694 Many believed that Invented and improved Described as the pathology was practice the compound microscope “greatest of the early only from his time The first to describe red microscopists” One of the youngest of blood cells, to see His work in embryology the medical specialist protozoan, and to classify and anatomy marked He founded the Archives bacteria according to him as the “Founder of of Pathology in Berlin in shape Pathology” 1847 The invention of the microscope led to the rapid progress of microbiology and pathology  1848 - laboratory tests moved from qualitative to quantitative Herman von Fehling (1848) - performed the first quantitative test for urine 15th century - aniline dyes, for staining microorganisms were produced about the middle of the, making possible the bacterial staining and microscopic study on bacteria Thank you and God bless!