PHAR101A: Veterinary Pharmacology Module 1

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Who introduced the clinical use of opium?

Fredrich Serturner

Edward Jenner

Francois Magendie

Theoprastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim (correct)

What is the name of the earliest compilation of drugs written by Emperor Shengnung?

De Materia Medica

Pharmalogia

Pen Tsao (correct)

Code of Hammurabi

Who established the foundation for modern pharmacology?

Francois Magendie (correct)

Edward Jenner

Fredrich Serturner

Theoprastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim

What was the name given by Fredrich Serturner to the narcotic substance isolated from opium?

Morphine (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the study of drugs?

Pharmacology (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who discovered the vaccine against smallpox?

Edward Jenner (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who is known as the 'father of medicine'?

Hippocrates (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who established the first independent laboratory devoted to the study of pharmacology?

Rudolph Buchheim (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the concept that refers to the healing power of nature?

Vis medicatrix naturae (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who compiled the first systematic classification of medicinal plants?

Theophrastus (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who is known as the 'father of pharmacology'?

John Abel (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who isolated penicillin in 1928?

Alexander Fleming (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the ancient library assembled by Ashurbanipal?

Library of Clay Tablets (A) Signup and view all the answers

Who established the modern scientific method of naming plants and animals?

Carolus Linnaeus (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the origin of the word 'drug'?

From French 'drogue' meaning a substance used therapeutically (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the dose of Atropine sulfate for mydriasis?

0.6-1.2 mg/kg (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of an article intended to be used in diagnosis?

To know the disease of the animal (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is pharmacodynamics?

The study of the response of an organism to the action of a drug in the absence of a disease (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is pharmacotherapy?

The study of the use of a drug in the treatment of disease (C) Signup and view all the answers

What type of drug acts on different systems of the body?

Systemic drug (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term describing the treatment of diseases?

Therapy (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the formula to calculate dosage?

(D x W) / C (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who devised the first hypodermic needle and syringe in 1850?

Alexander Wood (A) Signup and view all the answers

What was the contribution of Ignaz Semmelweis in the field of medicine?

Development of antiseptic effect of chlorine (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the sources of drugs?

Pharmacognosy (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the focus of Clinical Pharmacology?

Actual observation of treatment of patients (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who introduced the use of aspirin?

Felix Hoffman (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the time course of drug concentration on the body?

ADME (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary focus of Pharmacodynamics?

Study of the biochemical and physiological effects of drugs and their mechanism of action (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of poison?

Toxicology (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the function of an antidote?

To counteract the effect of a particular poison (B) Signup and view all the answers

Who synthesized barbituric acid?

Adolph von Baeyer (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the branch of pharmacology that deals with drugs that selectively inhibit or destroy specific agents of diseases?

Chemotherapy (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the interaction between the drug and excipients, formulation, and technique of preparation and packaging?

Biopharmaceutics (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the study of the rate processes of drugs within the body?

Pharmacokinetics (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the study of weights and measures in drug preparation and administration?

Metrology (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the concern with the collection, preparation, standardization, and dispensing of drugs?

Pharmacy (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the concern with pharmacy, posology, pharmacognosy, and indication for treatment and use of drugs?

Materia medica (B) Signup and view all the answers

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.