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Ch.1 studystack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Apothecary | Latin term for pharmacist; also, a place where drugs are sold |
| Bloodletting | The practice of draining blood; believed to release illness |
| Caduceus | Often confused as the symbol of the medical field; it is a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top |
| Dogma | a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true |
| Hippocratic Oath | An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine |
| Inpatient pharmacies | Pharmacies in a hospital or institutional setting |
| Laudanum | A mix of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses through the 1800s |
| Leech | A type of segmented worm with suckers that attaches to the skin of a host and engorges itself on the host's blood |
| Maggots | Fly larvae that feed on dead tissue; used in medicine to clean wounds not responding to routine antibiotics |
| Medicine | The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, 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 Technician | Professional who works under the pharmacist's supervision to provide medications and health care services safely to patients |
| 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 | 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 head to allow disease to leave the body |
| Aristotle | Greek scientist, philosopher |