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Chapter One

Review

TermsDefinitions
Apothecary Pharmacist; a place where drugs are sold
Bloodletting Practice of draining blood; believed to release illness
Caduceus staff with 2 entwined snakes and 2 wings at the top
Dogma principle or set laid down by authority as incontrovertibly true
Hippocratic Oath Oath physicians take regarding ethics and practices of medicine
Inpatient Pharmacy hospital and institutional pharmacies
Laudanum mixture of opium and alcohol used in the 1800s for many illnesses
Leech segmented worm that attaches to skin of a host and engorges itself on host's blood
Maggots Fly larva that feed on DEAD tissue
Opioid any agency that binds to opioid receptors
opium an analgesic made from poppy plant, highly addictive
Pharmacist person who dispenses drugs & counsels' patients on medicinal use and other questions
Pharmacy A place where drugs are sold
Pharmacy Tech Professional who works under the pharmacist's direct supervision
PTCB- Pharmacy Technician Certification Board national exam for pharmacy technicians
Shaman a person who holds a higher place in honor of tribe as a healer and spiritual medicator
Staff of Asclepius symbol of medical professionals; winged staff with one snake around it
Trephining Making an opening in the head to allow disease to leave the body
Aristotle Greek scientist, philosopher
Asclepius Greek God of healing and medicine
Bacon, Rodger English Scientist responsible for scientific methods
Crick, Francis Co-Discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix
Domagk, Gerhard developed sulfonamides and synthetic antibodies
Fleming, Alexander discovered penicillin, the first antibiotics
Galen, Claudius Greek physician
Hippocrates Greek physician and philosopher; father of medicine
Mendel, Gregor Scientist and monk, known as the father of genetics
Nightingale, Florence Nurse responsible for improving unsanitary conditions at British base hospital during Crimean War, reducing deaths
Paracelsus Swiss physician, philosopher, and scientist
Pasteur, Louis French scientists, discovered several vaccines and invented pasteruization
Watson, James Co-Discoverer of molecular structure of DNA, the double helix
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