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Ch1 Definitions
HxOf Meds and Pharmacy
Question | Answer |
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Asclepius | Greek God representing healing. Wingless staff with one snake |
Hippocrates | Father of medicine |
Alexander Flemming | Discovered penicillin |
Caduceus | Mistaken medical symbol. Staff with one set of wings and set of 2 snakes. |
Dogma | A principle or set of principles laid by authorities believed to be incontrovertibly true |
Shaman | Holding a high place of honor as a healer and spiritual mediator |
Trephining | Practice of making an opening in the head to allow disease to leave the body |
Roger Bacon | Responsible for scientific method |
Pericelsus | The practice of one medication at a time |
crick & watson | Co-discovered DNA (the double helix) |
Louis Pasteur | invented pasteurization |
Gerhard Domagk | Developed sulfonamides & synthetic antibiotics |
Hippocratic oath | Outlines the Physician's responsibility to the patient |