PMLS QUIZ (INVENTIONS & INNOVATIONS IN THE FIELD OF MEDICAL LABORATORY)

Father of Microbiology; known for his work on the improvement of the Microscope (1660 or late 17th Century)

Discovered Vaccination to establish immunity to small pox (1796)

Identified organs by types of tissues (1880)

Produced disease in worms through injection of organic material (1835)

produced immunity to Rabies (1857)

enunciated his Law of Inherited characteristics from studies on plants. (1866)

Demonstrated that surgical infections are caused by airborne organisms (1870)

Founder of Modern Bacteriology; Presented the first pictures of Bacilli (Anthrax), and later Tubercle Bacilli (Mycorium Tuberculosis) (1877)

Described phagocytes in blood and their role of fighting infection (1886)

Introduced Steam Sterilization in Surgery (1886)

Distinguished blood groups through the development of the ABO Blood Group System. (1902)

Developed immunologic test for Syphilis (1906)

Discovered microorganisms whose range lies between bacteria and viruses called Rickettsiae. (1906)

worked out the structure of Hemoglobin (1929)

developed Poliomyelitis Vaccine (1954)

Introduced the Westgard rules for quality control in the Clinical Laboratory (1973)

introduced the Hepatitis B Vaccine (1980)

developed the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR); used to amplify DNA (1985)

Introduced the Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (IVF) (1992)

derived the first human Stem Cell line. (1998)