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General Pharmacy
Who's who in the Pharmacy World
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Whos is Aristotle? | Greek Philosopher & Scientist. Responisble for advancements in biology and the study & classification of various organisms. Classified humans as animals. |
| Who is Claudius Galen? | He proved that blood flowed through the arteries rather than air. |
| Who is Hippocrates? | Considered to be the Father of Medicine. |
| Who is Roger Bacon? | Refined and explained the importance of experimental methods. Moving away from the dogmatic beliefs of the era. |
| Who is Paracelsus? | Swiss physician and alchemist. He believed that it was important to treat illness with one medication at a time. |
| What is the Staff of Asclepius? | It is the formal symbol of medicine. |
| What does the Staff of Asclepius look like? | Wingless walking stick with a single serpent wrapped around it. |
| What is Caduceus? | Often mistaken as the formal Symbol of Medicine. It is a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top. |
| Who is Gerhard Domagk? | Discovered the first synethetic antibotic. Sulfonamide. |
| Who is Alexander Fleming? | Discovered the first antibotic Penicillin. |
| Who is Louis Pasteur? | Discovered pasteurization & several vaccines. |
| Who is Gregor Mendel? | Known as the father of genetics. Also a scientist and a monk. |
| What is an Apothecary? | Latin term for Pharmacist. Place where drugs are sold. |
| What is bloodletting? | Thought to be an effective way to lessen excess body fluids that were believed to cause illness. |
| What is dogma? | Being able to both cause and cure illness based on a set of beliefs. |
| An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine. | Hippocratic Oath. |
| Hospital and institutional setting. | Impatient Pharmacy. |
| Mixture of opium and alcohol. | Laudanum. |
| What is a Leeches? | A worm with suckers attach themselves and engorge themselves on the host's blood. |
| Who feeds on dead tissue? | Maggots. They also are used in medicine to clean wounds not responding to routine antibotics. |
| The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health. | Medicine. |
| What is an Opioid? | An agent that binds opioid receptors. |
| Made from a Poppy Plant. What am I? | Opium. |
| A place to serve the communitity. | Outpatient Pharmacy. |
| Dispenses and counsels patients on use and interactions it may have with other meds or foods? | Who is the Pharmacist. |
| A place where medications are sold? | A Pharmacy. |
| Who assists patients with payment of medications? | A Pharmacy Clerk. |
| Who assist the pharmacist with filling and nondiscretionary tasks. | Pharmacy Technician. |
| The national exam for Pharmacy Techs? | PTCB (Pharmacy Technician Certification Board) |
| What is Placebo Effect? | Experiences relief through faith in a treatment that provides no tangible medicinal or treatment purposes. |
| What is a Shaman? | Person who holds a high place of honor in a tribe as a healer and spiritual meditator. |
| An opening in the head to allow disease to leave the body. | What is Trephining? |
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