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cwm 9-2-25 Ch.1

Hx of Medicine & Pharmacy

TermDefinition
Hippocrates (460 BCE-357 BCE) Physician who discovered the 4 humors, elements, and qualities linked to good health.
Dogma Beliefs in causes of illnesses proposed by a higher authority.
Hippocratic Oath Outlines a physician's responsibility to a patient.
Apothecary Latin term for pharmacist, a place where drugs are sold.
Bloodletting A form of treatment that involves releasing bodily fluids with the belief that it will cure an imbalance in a patient's body.
Trephining A treatment that involved cutting a hole into the skull. With the belief that it would release evil spirits.
(PTCB) Pharmacy Technician Certification Board Issues a national certification for pharmacy technicians.
Pharmacy Technician First enlisted in the military to provide high demand medications to treat injuries and illness.
Staff of Asclepius Formal Symbol for medicine. Depicts a staff with a serpent wrapped around.
Staff of Hermes (Caduceus) Mistakenly used as a symbol of medicine. Depicts a staff with wings and two serpents wrapped around.
Shaman A spiritual person in a tribe who cares for the spiritual, medicinal, and physical health of the tribe.
Leeches Blood sucking worms used to remove blood from patients.
Opium A by-product of a plant.
Maggots Fly larvae that feed on dead tissue. Used to remove dead skin.
Inpatient Pharmacies Pharmacies in a hospital or institutional setting
Laudanum A mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses through the 1800s
Medicine The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health.
Opioid An agent that binds to opioid receptors.
Pharmacist A person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients on medication use.
Pharmacy A place where drugs are sold.
Aristotle Greek scientist, philosopher.
Asclepius Greek god of healing and medicine.
Roger Bacon English scientist responsible for the scientific method.
Francis Crick Co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix.
Gerhard Domagk Developed sulfonamides and synthetic antibiotics.
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.
Claudius Galen Greek physician.
Gregor Mendel Father of genetics.
Florence Nightingale Nurse, responsible for improving sanitary conditions at a British base hospital during the Crimean War.
Paracelsus Swiss physician, philosopher, 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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