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LC 9-2-25 ch1
Hx of medicine and pharmacy
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Asclepius | Greek God of healing |
| Apothecary | Latin term for pharmacist and drug store |
| Bloodletting | Draining blood to release illness |
| Caduceus | Staff with two snakes entwined and two wings at the top |
| Dogma | Set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true |
| Hippocratic Oath | An oath taken by Physicians |
| Inpatient Pharmacies | Pharmacies in a hospital or institutional setting |
| Laudanum | A mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses |
| Leeches | worm with suckers that attaches to the skin of the host and engorges itself on the host's blood |
| Maggots | Fly larvae that feed on dead tissue |
| Medicine | The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and prevention |
| Opioid | Any agent that binds to opioid receptors |
| Opium | An analgesic is made from the poppy plant |
| Pharmacist | Person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients on medications |
| Pharmacy | A place where drugs are sold |
| Pharmacy Clerk | Person who assists the pharmacist at the front counter of the pharmacy. Person who accepts payment for medications |
| Pharmacy Technician | Person who assists the pharmacist by filling prescriptions and performing other task |
| Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB) | issues a National examination for pharmacy technicians |
| Shaman | A person w place who holds a high place of honor in a tribe as a healer |
| Staff of Asclepius | Symbol of medical profession. Wingless staff with one snake around it |
| Trephning | Making an opening in the head to allow disease to leave the body |
| Aristotle | Greek Scientist (384-322 BCE) |
| Asclepius | Greek God of healing and medicine |
| Roger Bacon | English Scientist responsible for the scientific method (1214-1294) |
| Francis Crick | Co discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA the double helix (1953) |
| Gerhard Domagk | Developed sulfonamides and synthetic antibiotics (1938) |
| Alexander Fleming | Discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic (1928) |
| Claudius Galen | Greek physician (129-210) |
| Hippocrates | Greek physician and philosopher aka Father of medicine (460-357 BCE) |
| Gregor Mendel | Scientist and monk aka Father of genetics (1822) |
| Florence Nightingale | Nurse who was responsible for improving the unsanitary conditions during the Crimean War (1820) |
| Paracelsus | Swiss physician, philosopher and scientist (1493-1541) |
| Louis Pasteur | French scientist discovered several vaccines and invented pasteurization (1877-1877) |
| James Watson | Discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA the double helix (1953) |
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