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9/3/26-Ch.1 Defs/Ppl
Chapter 1 Definitions and Important People
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apothecary | Latin term for Pharmacist; also, a place where drugs are stored. |
| Bloodletting | The practice of draining blood; believed to release illness. |
| Caduceus | Often confused as the symbol of the medical field; its a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top. |
| Dogma | A principle or set of principals laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. |
| Hippocratic oath | An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and pracrice of medicine. |
| Inpatient pharmacies | Pharmacies in a hospital or institutional setting. |
| Laudanum | A mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses in the 1800's. |
| Leech | A type of segmented worm with suckers that attaches to the skin of the host and engorges in itself on the host's blood. |
| Maggots | Fly larvae that feed on dead tissue; used in medicine to clean wounds that are not responding to routine antibiotics. |
| Medicine | The science and art of dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease. |
| Opioid | Any agent that bonds to opioid receptors. |
| Opium | An analgesic that is made from the poppy plant. |
| Pharmacist | Person who dispenses drugs and councils patients on medication use and any interactions it may have with food or other drugs. |
| Pharmacy | A place where drugs are sold. |
| Pharmacy technician | Professional who works under the pharmacist's supervision to provide medication and health care services safely to patients. |
| Pharmacy Technician Certification Board | Issues national exam for pharmacy technicians. |
| Shaman | A person who holds a high place of honor in a tribe as healer and spiritual mediator. |
| Staff of Asclepius | The symbol of the medical profession; it is a wingless staff with one snake wrapped around it. |
| Trephining | A practice of making an opening in the skull allowing 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, a double helix |
| Gerhard Domagk | Developed sulfonamides and synthetic antibiotics |
| Alexander Fleming | Discovered Penicillin, the first antibiotic |
| Claudius Galen | Greek philosopher |
| Hippocrates | Greek physician and philosopher, considered to be the father of medicine |
| Gregor Mendel | Scientist and monk, known as the father of genetics |
| Florence Nightingale | Nurse who was responsible for improving the unsanitary conditions at a British base during the Crimean War. |
| Paracelsus | Swiss physician, philosopher, and scientist |
| Louis Pasteur | French scientist, discovered several vaccines and invented pasteurization |
| James Watson | Co-discoverer of the molecular structure, a double helix |
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