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GGR 9-2-25 Chapter 1
Ch. 1: History of Medicine and Pharmacy Info Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apothecary | "pharmacist" in Latin, place where drugs are sold |
| Bloodletting | medical practice of draining blood for the believe that it would release any illnesses |
| Caduceus | staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top, false/mistaken symbol for the health field |
| Dogma | set of principles that are seen as undeniable and applied by a higher authority figure |
| Hippocratic Oath | oath made by the "Father of Medicine", physicians must make this oath concerning the ethics and practices of medicine |
| Inpatient Pharmacies | pharmacies in a hospital or institutional setting |
| Laudanum | opium and alcohol mixture used for medicinal purposes in the 1800's |
| Leech | worm with suckers that attach to the skin of a host and engorges itself on the host's blood |
| Maggots | Fly larvae that feed on dead tissue, used to clean wounds that are not responding to antibiotics |
| Medicine | the science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention or cure of disease |
| Opioid | any agent that binds 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 Technicians | professionals who work under the pharmacist's supervision to provide medications and health care services to patients |
| PTCB | Pharmacy Technician Certification Board, issues a national examination 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 | a wingless staff with one snake wrapped around it, the true symbol of the medical profession |
| 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 |
| Roger Bacon | English scientist responsible for scientific methods |
| Francis Crick | co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix |
| Gerhard Domagk | developed sulfonamides and synthetic antibiotics |
| Alexander Fleming | discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic |
| Claudius Galen | Greek physicians |
| Hippocrates | Greek physician and philosopher, "Father of Medicine" |
| Gregor Mendel | scientist and monk, "Father of Genetics" |
| Florence Nightingale | 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 |
| Louis Pasteur | French scientist, discovered several vaccines and invented pasteurization |
| James Watson | co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix |
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Gnesis G
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