15 Questions
Which ancient civilizations are known to have records of using plants for therapeutic purposes?
Babylon, Egypt, Greece, Rome
Who were some of the notable figures that described the therapeutic properties of plants in history?
Hippocrates, Dioscorides, Pliny
During which historical period did the basic studies of chemistry and physics shift from the Greco-Roman to the Arabian alchemist Paracelsus?
Middle Ages
Which ancient pharmacopeia is considered the basis of medication in China?
Pen T Sao
Which ancient civilization favored the use of metals and metal salts for medicinal purposes?
Greece
__________ can cure diseases and are mainly responsible for the unprecedented increase in human life expectancy.
Drugs
Modern machines are used to treat diseases __________.
symptomatically
Plants have a long history of being used to treat various diseases by early civilizations in Babylon, Egypt, India, and China due to their __________ properties.
therapeutic
The writings of Hippocrates, Dioscorides, Pliny, and Galenus describe the therapeutic properties of __________.
plants
During the Middle Ages, traditional uses of plants were brought together in various 'Materia Medica and __________.'
pharmacopeias
In the Middle Ages, the herbals of John Gerard, John Parkinson, and Nicolas Culpeper provide insight into the widespread use of __________.
herbs
__________ was glorified by Paracelsus as a cure-all during the Middle Ages.
Sb (ANTIMONY)
The __________ is considered the basis of medication in China.
Pen T Sao
The __________ is known as the 1st public pharmacopoeia in Europe.
Ricettario Fiorentino
Paracelsus believed that __________ could cure diseases.
chemicals
Test your knowledge on significant milestones in psychiatric treatment from the discovery of the bacteriostatic action antagonized by PABA to the introduction of the first dibenzazepine antidepressant, imipramine. Explore key breakthroughs such as lytic cocktails and the use of chlorpromazine in sedation.
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