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Who introduced the clinical use of opium?
What is the name of the earliest compilation of drugs written by Emperor Shengnung?
Who established the foundation for modern pharmacology?
What was the name given by Fredrich Serturner to the narcotic substance isolated from opium?
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What is the term for the study of drugs?
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Who discovered the vaccine against smallpox?
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Who is known as the 'father of medicine'?
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Who established the first independent laboratory devoted to the study of pharmacology?
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What is the name of the concept that refers to the healing power of nature?
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Who compiled the first systematic classification of medicinal plants?
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Who is known as the 'father of pharmacology'?
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Who isolated penicillin in 1928?
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What is the name of the ancient library assembled by Ashurbanipal?
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Who established the modern scientific method of naming plants and animals?
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What is the origin of the word 'drug'?
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What is the dose of Atropine sulfate for mydriasis?
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What is the purpose of an article intended to be used in diagnosis?
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What is pharmacodynamics?
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What is pharmacotherapy?
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What type of drug acts on different systems of the body?
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What is the term describing the treatment of diseases?
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What is the formula to calculate dosage?
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Who devised the first hypodermic needle and syringe in 1850?
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What was the contribution of Ignaz Semmelweis in the field of medicine?
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What is the study of the sources of drugs?
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What is the focus of Clinical Pharmacology?
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Who introduced the use of aspirin?
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What is the study of the time course of drug concentration on the body?
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What is the primary focus of Pharmacodynamics?
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What is the study of poison?
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What is the function of an antidote?
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Who synthesized barbituric acid?
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What is the branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs that selectively inhibit or destroy specific agents of diseases?
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What is the study of the interaction between the drug and excipients, formulation, and technique of preparation and packaging?
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What is the term for the study of the rate processes of drugs within the body?
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What is the term for the study of weights and measures in drug preparation and administration?
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What is the term for the concern with the collection, preparation, standardization, and dispensing of drugs?
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What is the term for the concern with pharmacy, posology, pharmacognosy, and indication for treatment and use of drugs?
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Study Notes
History of Pharmacology
- Earliest compilation of drugs: Pen Tsao, written by Emperor Shengnung in about 2,700 B.C.
- Code of Hammurabi: described penalties for malpractices of practitioners
- Kahun papyrus: oldest record of Egyptian drugs (name of drugs only)
- Ebers papyrus: completion of disease conditions and prescriptions (disease and drugs)
- Ashurbanipal: assembled the library of clay tablets in Summeria (Asia major)
- Hippocrates: greatest teacher of medicine, "father of medicine"
- Theophrastus: systematically classified medicinal plants
- Carolus Linnaeus: established the modern scientific method of naming plants and animals (taxonomy)
- Dioscorides: compiled the first injection of drugs into a dog
- Alexander Wood: devised the first hypodermic needle and syringe in 1850
Terminologies
- Pharmacology: experimental science dealing with the properties of drugs and their effects on the living system
- Pharmacognosy: study of the sources of drugs
- Clinical Pharmacology: pertains to the observation of treatment of patients
- Toxicology: study of poisons, defining limits of safety of chemical substances
- Therapy: term describing treatment of diseases in general, including use of drugs, surgery, radiation, behavioral modification, and other modalities
- Chemotherapy: branch of pharmacology dealing with drugs that selectively inhibit or destroy specific agents of diseases
- Biopharmaceutics: interaction between the drug and excipients (binder), formulation, and technique of preparation, mixing, and packaging of drugs
- Materia medica: concerns with pharmacy, posology, pharmacognosy, and indication for treatment and use of drugs
- Pharmacopeia: book containing tables of drugs in use
Key Figures
- Paracelsus: introduced the clinical use of opium, first drug discovered
- Fredrich Serturner: isolated the narcotic substance of opium and called it morphine
- Francois Magendie: established the foundation for modern pharmacology (drug action, D-R relationship, drug disposition)
- William Withering: observed the use of foxglove in the treatment of dropsy
- Rudolph Buchheim: established the first independent laboratory devoted exclusively to the study of pharmacology, "father of Pharmacology"
- John Abel: "Father of Pharmacology in U.S."
- Paul Ehrlich: reported the synthesis of arsphenamine, an anti-syphilitic drug, "Father of Chemotherapy"
- Alexander Fleming: isolated penicillin, the first antibiotic, in 1928
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This quiz covers the introduction to veterinary pharmacology, including the history and terminology of the field, as well as the study of drugs and their effects.
