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Pmls 1 - Lesson 1 - Overview and History of MT
Pmls 1 - Lesson 1 - Overview and History of MT
Pmls 1 - Lesson 1 - Overview and History of MT
- Science was highly developed through Medical - WWI (being the Trench war) causing Trench fever.
Education reforms - The Immigration of Germans/ Prusians to America
1871 – Harvard University established learning by together with their foreign diseases.
doing
- Considered to be the first internship program 1908 – Publication of a Laboratory guide “Manual of
- It was then followed by the University of Chemical Diagnosis” by James C. Todd.
Pennsylvania, and the University of Michigan. - later by Dr. Arthur Stanford entitled “Clinical
John Hopkins School of Medicine – provided 2 Diagnosis by Laboratory Methods” which was
years of instruction in basic sciences edited by Drs. Davidson and Henry
Late 1870’s - William Welch (who was a student of
Dr. Henry then went on to revise the book and establish
Virchow) and Mitchell Purden
what we now call as the MT’s and Pathologists’ bible,
- They were the first to apply clinical pathology to
the Henry’s Clinical Diagnosis
medical diagnosis (Bellevue Hospital Medical
College) 1911 – revolution in the development of laboratory
1875 – Dr. Welch established another lab at science was approved by the Insurance Act
Bellevue Hospital – a teaching lab. 1915 – state legislation of Pennsylvania enacted a
1885 – Dr. Welch became the first professor of law requiring hospitals to have adequate
pathology at John Hopkins laboratories.
- Soon became one of the Big 4 of John Hopkins 1940 – US required a two-year collegiate education
1880’s - Dr. William Osler a clinical professor at U. with
Penn 1950 – a student curriculum was formalize for a
Bachelor degree
PHILIPPINES • Dr. Antonio Gabriel and Dr. Gustavo Reyes of the
FACULTY of Pharmacy, University of Sto. Tomas o#ered
WWII (1939-1945)
medical technology as an elec5ve subject to 4th and 5th
1949 – US bases were built in Luzon and Leyte where year B.S. Pharmacy students.Rev.Fr. Lorenzo Rodriguez
the Americans brought members of the healthcare Decided to o#er it as a course because of the popularity
team of medical technology among pharmacy students.JUNE
17,1957> Temporary permit was issued by the Dept. of
- They resolved the health of American and Filipino Educa5on, for :rst to third year student.
soldiers
THE 26TH MEDICAL INFANTRY OF THE 6TH US University of the Philippines> O#ers a similar course but
ARMY. First Clinical Laboratory in the Philippines the degree being conferred in B.S. Public Healt