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A Chapter 1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aristotle | Greek Scientist and philosopher |
| Asclepius | Early physician and hero in Greece who was eventually considered the god of healing and medicine |
| Roger Bacon | English scientist responsible for the scientific method' |
| Gerhard Domagk | discovered sulfonamide the first synthetic antibiotic |
| Alexander Fleming | discovered penicillin the first antibiotic |
| Claudius Galen | Greek Physician who wrote many books and contributed greatly to the study of medicine |
| Hippocrates | Greek Philosopher and physician who is known as the father of medicine |
| Gregor Mendel | Scientist/monk known as the father of genetics |
| Paracelsus | Swiss physician, philosopher, and scientist |
| Louis Pasteur | French scientist who discovered several vaccines and invented pasteurization |
| 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 for medicine two snakes intertwined around a walking staff with two wings at the top |
| Dogma | code of beliefs based on ideology, religion or authoritative traditions rather than facts |
| Hippocratic Oath | an oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine |
| inpatient pharmacy | a pharmacy in a hospital or institutional type setting |
| Laudanum | a mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses through the 1800s |
| Leech's | a type of segmented worm with suckers that attach to the skin of the host and engorge themselves with the host blood |
| maggots | Fly larvae that feed on dead tissue used in medicine to clean wounds when infection doesn't respond to antibiotics |
| Opioid | any agent that binds with the opioid receptors |
| Opium | an analgesic that is made from poppy plant |
| Outpatient pharmacy | Pharmacies that serve patients in their community's |
| Pharmacist | a person who dispenses drugs and councils patients on any interactions they may have with food or other drugs |
| pharmacy | drug or remedy in Greek, a place where drugs are sold |
| pharmacy clerk | person who assist the pharmacist by billing patients |
| Pharmacy technician | person who assist the pharmacist by filling prescriptions and performing other nondiscretionary task |
| Pharmacy Technician Certification Board | issues a national exam for pharmacy technicians |
| Placebo effect | a person suffering symptoms from an illness gets relief through faith or through a treatment with no tangible medical or treatment value |
| Shaman | a person who holds a high place of honor in a tribe as a healer and spiritual leader |
| Staff of Asclepius | wingless walking staff with one snake wrapped around it: the symbol of medicine |
| Trephining | A practice of making an opening in the head to allow disease (thought to be caused by evil spirits) to leave the body |
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