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CH1 abbreviations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apothecary | Latin term for pharmacist, also, a place where drugs are sold |
| Bloodletting | The practice of draining blood, believed to release illness |
| Dogma | A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true |
| Herbals | A substance made from or using herbs |
| Hippocratic Oath | An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine |
| Inpatient pharmacy | A pharmacy in a hospital or institutional setting |
| Laudanum | A mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses |
| 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 binds to opiod receptors |
| Pharmacist | Person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients on medication use and any interactions it may have with food or other drugs |