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YTI Class 7-23-07

YTI Class 7-23-07 Pharm Chapt 1 Study Guide

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Hippocrates lived and taught in what country? Greece on the Island of Cos
Bishop Sixtus V authorized which group to adopt a RED CROSS as their insignia? Clerics Regular Servants of the Sick
Who is considered the fater of Chinese pharmacy? Shen-Nung
Who is considered the father of toxicology? Mithradates
What famous army nurse saw duty during the Crimean War? Florence Nightingale
What revolutionary drug was discovered in 1928, but not manufactured until 1942? Penicillin (PCN)
What U.S. President established the U.S. Sanitation Commission? Abraham Lincoln
An agent, as a drug, for treating illness or disease. What word does this define? Medication
What term applies to the contents of the gut of a ruminating animal when used medicinally? Bezoar
What historical lawmaker advocated the cutting off of the hand of a physician whose treatment caused the death of a nobleman? Hammurabi
Dreckapothecary applies to which branch of pharmacy? Excretement
What is the common action of all immunomodulator medications? They affect the immune system.
"De Materia Medica" refers to...? 1st great European Pharmacopeia; Early work of formulary; A dispensatory
In 1741, William Withering isolates what active ingredient from the foxglove plant? Digitalis
Another name for nicotine acid is...? Niacin
What was the name of the first effective treatment for malaria, discovered in 1820? Quinine
What 4 "humors" did Hippocrates believe controlled bodily health? Blood, Phlegm, Yellow & Black Bile
What 3 substances did Paracelsus believe controlled bodily health? Mercury, Sulphur & Salt
Approximately how long did the Dark Ages last? 700 years
Bishop Landry built what still-surviving hospital in Paris in A.D. 660? Hotel Dieu
What important scientific invention was improved in 1674? Microscope
The term "biologicals" refers to what type of pharmaceutical therapy? Biologicals = Those that pit "germ against germ"
What disease is called The WHITE PLAGUE? Tuberculosis (TB)
Dispensatory is another name for what? Pharmacopeia, Formulary or List of Drugs
The first internationally accepted pharmacopeia was published in what year? 1951
What organization published it (first internationally accepted pharmacopeia)? World Health Organization (WHO)
What famous American founded the first American hospital? Benjamin Franklin
What 2 brothers were pioneers of early pharmacy and were martyred in the Christian persecution of A.D. 303? Cosmas & Damian
During which war did trench warfare significantly cause an increase of disease among frontline troops? WWI (World War 1)
Early physicians prescribed "oil of earthworm" for what ailment? Hemorrhoids
What discovery or invention in 1590? Microscope was invented.
What discovery or invention in 1771? Arsenic (by Karl Scheele, a Swede)
What discovery or invention in 1789? Smallpox Vaccine
What discovery or invention in 1804? Morphine (An analgesic by Frederick Serturner)
What discovery or invention in 1820? Quinine (Antimalarial for malaria)
What discovery or invention in 1907? Salvarsan - 1st antibiotic (by Paul Ehrlich for syphilis)
What discovery or invention in 1922? Insulin
What discovery or invention in 1935? Prontosil - 2nd antibiotic (Sulfa drug)
What discovery or invention in 1928/1942 Penicillin - 3rd antibiotic (or 1928/1940)
What discovery or invention in 1944? Streptomycin - antibiotic
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