Ch1 History Of Medicine And Pharmacy

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Apothecary

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Latin term for pharmacist, a place where drugs are sold

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Bloodletting

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The practice of draining blood; believed to release illness

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George Washington died of this

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Caduceus

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Often confused as the symbol of the medical feild; staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top

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Dogma

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A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true

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Hippocratic oath

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An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine

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Inpatient pharmacies

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Pharmacies in hospitals or institutional settings

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Laudanum

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A mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses through the 1800s

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Leeches

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A type of segmented worm with suckers that attaches to the skin of a host and engorges itself on the host's blood

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Maggots

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Fly larva that feed on dead tissue; used in medicine to clean wounds not responding to routine antibiotics

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Medicine

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The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease

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Opioid

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Any agent that binds to opioid receptors

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Opium

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An analgesic that is made from the poppy plant

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Pharmacist

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Person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients on medication use and any interactions it may have with food or other drugs

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Pharmacy

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A place where drugs are sold

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Pharmacy clerk

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Person who assists the ohaacist at the front counter of the pharmacy; the person who accepts payment for medications

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Pharmacy technician

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Person who assists a pharmacist by filling prescriptions and performing other non-discretionary tasks

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Pharmacy technician certification board (ptcb)

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Issues a national exam for pharmacy technicians

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Shaman

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A person who holds a high place of honour in a tribe as a healer and spiritual mediator

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Trephining

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A practice of making an opening in the head to allow disease to leave the body

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Staff of asclepius

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The symbol of theedical profession; it is a wingless staff with one snake wrapped around it

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Asclepius

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Greek god associated with healing

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Hippocrates (460-367 BCE)

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Father of medicine. Taught at the school of medicine on Cos, balance of the 4 qualities; hot, cold, wet, and dry; and the 4 humors; blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile

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First to record patients illnesses and history

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Aristotle (384-322 BCE)

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Classified humans as animals and described much of human anatomy from obsrvations made from dissection of animals

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Roger Bacon (1214-1294)

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Philosopher and alchemist, contributed heavely to the modern scientific method

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Paracelsus (1493-1541)

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Believed in prescribing ineedicine at a time and tracking the dosage and effect. Developed laudanum.

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Hirudin

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Natural anticoagulant produced by leeches

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Venesection

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Phlebotomy or drawing blood

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Gregor Mendel

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Used pea plants to learn how traits are passed on from generation to generation; father of genetics

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Florence Nightingale

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Nurse who was responsible for improving the unsanitary conditions at a British base hospital during the Crimean war, reducing the death count

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Louis Pasteur

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Invented pasturization and discovered several vaccines including the snthrax vaccine