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The Birth of Medical Technology

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  • 1550 BCE

    Ebers Papyrus named after George Ebers (German Egyptologist and Novelist)

    110-page scroll, about 20m and of herbal knowledge dating to circa 1550 BC.
    Purchased at Luxor in the winter of 1873–74 by Georg Ebers.
  • 1500 BCE

    Vivian Herrick

    Taenia and Ascaris were mentioned in the early writing
  • 1460 BCE

    Hippocrates (Father of Medicine)

    Describe the 4 humors (1525)
    Formulated the famous Hippocrates Oath
  • 1301 BCE

    Anne Fagelson (1301 – 1400)

    Believed that MedTech began from the 14th century when a prominent Italian doctor @ Univ. of Bologna employed Alessandra Giliani to perform diff. tasks in the lab. Giliani died due to a lab acquired infection.
  • 1096 BCE

    Margaret Ruth Williams (1096-1468)

    Believed that MedTech began from the medieval period as stated to her book "An Introduction to the profession of Medical Technology"
    Supported by urinalysis (oldest lab procedure)
  • 600 BCE

    Polyuria of diabetes was noted

    Polyuria - production of abnormally large volumes of dilute urine.
  • 1492

    Pope Innocent VII

    1st unlucky recipient of unsuccessful attempts in blood transfusion
    Transfusion by his Jewish physician Giacomo di San Genesio
  • Period: to

    17th Century (January 1, 1601, to December 31, 1700.)

    Progression of laboratory science due to his invention -- the compound microscope

  • William Harvey

    Discovered blood circulation

  • Richard Lower

    1st physician to perform direct blood transfusion (Animal to animal)

  • Jean-Baptiste Denys (French physician)

    Performed the 1st fully documented human blood transfusion (Animal to Human)

  • Denys' experiments with animal blood was banned

    He's experiment provoked a heated controversy in France,

  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (Father of Microbiology

    Invented and improved the compound microscope. His invention led to the rapid progress of microbiology and pathology.
    He was the first to describe red blood cells, to see protozoa, and to classify bacteria according to shape.

  • James Blundell (pioneer of blood transfusion)

    Performed the first successful transfusion of blood to a patient for the treatment of hemorrhage. Human to human. 26 Sep 1818

  • Karl Landsteiner discovered 4 blood group

    Karl Landsteiner an Austrian biologist, physician, and immunologist.