1.1-History of MT and PAMET

FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY – MANILA
INSTITUTE OF ART AND SCIENCES

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE MAJOR IN MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
Medical Technology Laws and Bioethics
HISTORY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
460 BC – 370 BC Hippocrates • “Father of Medicine”

• Hippocratic Oath-the code of ethics for practicing physicians.
• Described four "humors" or body fluids in man
(blood, phlegm, yellow bile & black bile)
Black bile – kidney and spleen
Yellow bile – any secretion that includes bilirubin, water and electrolytes
600 BC • The polyuria of diabetes was noted in ancient times
• Taste test
• Urine (diabetes)
o Sweet (valid)
o Honey (valid)
Blood Transfusion Development
- unsuccessful attempt of blood transfusion practices
1492 Pope Innocent VIII •first unlucky recipient of blood transfusion

•first recorded blood transfusion
•blood of three boys was infused into the dying pontiff (through the
mouth, as the concept of circulation and methods for intravenous
access did not exist at that time) at the suggestion of a physician.
1578-1657 William Harvey discovered blood circulation, the era of blood transfusion started.
1631-1691 Richard Lower • first physician to perform direct transfusion of blood.
showed it was possible for blood to be transfused from animal to animal.
1643-1704 Jean-Baptiste Denys • performed the first fully documented human blood transfusion.
▪ Animal to human
1829 James Blundell • Performed the first successful transfusion of blood to a patient for
treatment of a hemorrhage.
• Human to human
1900 Karl Landsteiner • first distinguished the ABO blood group system.
• Blood Typing
Development of the Science of Medical Technology
1632-1723 Anton van Leeuwenhoek • invented and improved the compound microscope
• first to describe red blood cells to see protozoa, and to classify
bacteria according to shape.
• Father of Microbiology
1628-1694 Marcello Malpighi •the “Greatest of the Early Microscopists”
•works in embryology and anatomy definitely marks him as the
“Founder of Pathology”.
1821-1902 Rudolf Virchow • One of the youngest of the medical specialist
• Founded the Archives of Pathology in Berlin in 1847
1847-1925 Hermann Fehling Performed the first quantitative test for urine sugar.
Glucose – Green Urine
Fructose – Brown Urine
Sucrose – Blue Urine
Microbiologist
1880 Louis Pasteur • First attenuated vaccine

1881 • develops an anthrax vaccine.
1882 • develops a rabies vaccine
GONZALES, A.J
• Pasteurization
Robert Koch • TB (Tuberculosis)
• Cholera
1928 Alexander Flemming • Penicillin (bacterial infection)
History of Medical Technology in the U.S
1884 Dr. Silas Douglas • started the first laboratory instruction

• University of Michigan - the first laboratory (chemical laboratory)
1878 Dr. William H. Welch • First to establish Pathology Laboratory in America
• Father of American Pathology
1896 Dr. William Osler • first clinical laboratory was opened at the John Hopkins Hospital
1908 Dr. James C. Todd • wrote “A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis” The book was retitled “Clinical
Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods” in 6th edition by Dr. Todd and Dr.
Arthur Sanford and then “Clinical Diagnosis and Management by
Laboratory Methods”, presently published under the editorship of
Davidson and Henry when the authors died
• This book became the standard reference for laboratories
1914-1918 World War I • An important factor in growth of the Clinical Laboratory
• Increase demand for Medical personnel in the military as well as civilian
• Pennsylvania
• Law: All hospitals must be equipped with adequate laboratory (must
have trained technician)
1923 ASCP • American Society of Clinical Pathology was organized
• If you want to work abroad
1939 RMT • Form RMT (American Medical Technologist)
1939-1945 World War II • Marked effect of laboratory medicine, increase need for blood and usage
for transfusion
1967 CLIA • Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act was enacted
1975 • Medical Technology should have bachelor’s degree
1999 • Clinical Laboratory Science (CLS) was adapted
History of Medical Technology in the Philippines
October 1, 1945 Dr. Alfredo Pio de Roda • formally organized the Manila Public Health Laboratory
.
1947, Dr. Alfredo Pio de Roda and • the training of high school graduated to work as medical technicians
Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana was revised under Dr. Pio de Roda and Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana.
• No definite period of training was set and no certificates were given to
trainees.
1954 Dr. Prudencia Sta. Ana • a six-month laboratory training with certificate upon completion was
given to trainees.
• Dr. Sta. Ana prepared the syllabus of the training program.
1953 Mrs. Willa Hilgert Hedrick • Mrs. Mrs. Willa Hilgert-Hedrick was the founder of the Medical
Technology Education/course in the Philippines.
• MT Curriculum
She was an American Seventh Day Adventist missionary to the Philippines
and marred to Dr. Hedrick, the first Medical internist of the Manila Sanitarium
and Hospital (now Manila Adventist Medical Center).
1954 Philippine Union College offered the first four-year B.S. degree in Medical Technology with Manila
(Adventist University of the Sanitarium (Manila Adventist Medical Center)
Philippines)
GONZALES, A.J
1956 Mr. Jesse Umali • Philippine Union College (now the Adventist University of the
Philippines) graduated its first Medical technology graduate in the
person of Mr. Jesse Umali.
OB-Gyne practitioner and was an owner of Omega Laboratories
June 14, 1961. University of Santo Tomas full recognition of the 4 – year B.S. Medical Technology course was given
1960 Centro Escolar University • *Followed in 1960 through the pioneering efforts of Mrs. Purification
Sunico-Suaco who was granted by the University President Carmen de
Luna, to work on the feasibility of the offering the medical technology
course in the university.
• Their first graduates were in 1962.
1961 Far Eastern University • started offering B.S. in Medical technology under the College of
Medicine.
• FEU School of Medical Technology was finally opened in 1962 under
the joint auspices of the Institute of Medicine (now known as Nicanor
Reyes Medical Foundation) and Institute of Arts and Sciences.
• It produced its first graduates in 1963.
University of the Philippines • Offers the similar course but the degree conferred is B.S. Public Health
Manila
Postgraduate courses for BSMT Graduates:
✓ Master of Science in Medical Technology (MSMT)

✓ Master of Public Health (MPH)
✓ PhD - academe
GONZALES, A.J

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FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY – MANILA

INSTITUTE OF ART AND SCIENCES

HISTORY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

460 BC – 370 BC Hippocrates • “Father of Medicine”

Blood Transfusion Development

- unsuccessful attempt of blood transfusion practices

1492 Pope Innocent VIII •first unlucky recipient of blood transfusion

Development of the Science of Medical Technology

1880 Louis Pasteur • First attenuated vaccine

History of Medical Technology in the U.S

1884 Dr. Silas Douglas • started the first laboratory instruction

History of Medical Technology in the Philippines

Postgraduate courses for BSMT Graduates:

✓ Master of Science in Medical Technology (MSMT)

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