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Chapter 1
History of Medicine and Pharmacy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apothecary | Latin term for pharmacist; also, a place where drugs are sold |
| Bloodletting | The practice of draining blood; believed to release illness |
| Caduceus | Often confused with the symbol of the medical field; it is a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top |
| Dogma | A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true |
| Hippocratic Oath | An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine |
| Inpatient Pharmacies | Pharmacies in a hospital or institutional setting |
| Laudanum | A mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses through the 1800s |
| Leeches | A type of segmented worm with suckers that attaches to the skin of a host and engorges itself on the host's blood |
| Maggots | Fly larvae that feed on dead tissue; used in medicine to clean wounds not responding to routine antibiotics |
| Medicine | The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease |
| Opioid | Any agent that bonds to opioid receptors |
| Opium | An analgesic that is made from the poppy plant |
| Pharmacist | Person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients on medication use and any interactions it may have with food or other drugs |
| Pharmacy | A place where drugs are sold |
| Pharmacy Clerk | Person who assists the pharmacist at the front counter of the pharmacy; the person who accepts payment for medications |
| Pharmacy Technician | Person who assists a pharmacist by filling prescriptions and performing other nondiscretionary tasks |
| Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) | Issues a national exam for pharmacy technicians |
| Shaman | A person who holds a high place of honor in a tribe as a healer and spiritual mediator |
| Staff of Asclepius | The symbol of the medical professions; it is a wingless staff with one snake wrapped around it |
| Trephining | A practice of making an opening in the head to allow disease to leave the body |
| Aristotle | Greek scientist; philosopher |
| Asclepius | Greek god of healing and medicine |
| Bacon, Roger | English scientist responsible for scientific methods |
| Crick, Francis | Co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix |
| Domagk, Gerhard | Developed sulfonamides and synthetic antibiotics |
| Fleming, Alexander | Discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic |
| Galen, Claudius | Greek physician |
| Hippocrates | Greek physician and philosopher, considered to be the father of medicine |
| Mendel, Gregor | Scientist and monk, known as the father of genetics |
| Nightingale, Florence | Nurse who was responsible for improving the unsanitary conditions at a British base hospital during the Crimean War, reducing the death count |
| Paracelsus | Swiss physician, philosopher, and scientist |
| Pasteur, Louis | French scientist, discovered several vaccines and invented pasteurization |
| Watson, James | Co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix |
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