Chapter 2: Historical Perspectives in Pharmacy

Question 1

Botica Boie became the first chain pharmacy here in the Philippines. (True/False)

Answer 1

The correct answer is ‘True’.

Question 2

Which of the following ancient civilizations that provides the earliest record in the practice of pharmacy?

a. Egyptians
b. Babylonians
c. Arabs
d. Indians

Answer 2

The correct answer is: Babylonians

Question 3

UST is the first pharmacy school in the Philippines established in 1871 but had no authority to conduct pharmacists licensure examination. (True/False)

Answer 3

The correct answer is ‘False’.

Question 4

Flora de Filipinas was authored by Fr.Francisco Manuel Blanco. (True/False)

Answer 4

The correct answer is ‘True’.

Question 5

What is the document that was produced based on the Greek and Arab works and compiled the use of around 760 drugs?

a. Ebers Papyrus
b. De Materia Medica
c. Ayurvedic Medicine
d. Canon of Medicine

Answer 5

The correct answer is: Canon of Medicine

Question 6

The professionalization of pharmacy started in the 19th century. (True/False)

Answer 6

The correct answer is ‘True’.

Question 7

What is the Greek word where the “Pharmacy” as a profession comes from?

Answer 7

The correct answer is: Apotheke

Question 8

During the Greek and Roman times, what branch of medical sciences where the pharmacy is included?

a. Medicinal Management
b. Ebers Papyrus
c. Canon of Medicine
d. De Materia Medica

Answer 8

The correct answer is: De Materia Medica

Question 9

The first to record his observation on native and medicinal plants and herbals is Fr. Blas de la Madre de Dios. (True/False)

Answer 9

The correct answer is ‘True’.

Question 10

Dr. Lorenzo Negrao established Botica Boie. (True/False)

Answer 10

The correct answer is ‘True’.

Question 11

Folk healers in the Philippines believe that their medicinal and healing skills come from a supernatural being or given to them by gods.

Answer 11

The correct answer is ‘True’.

Question 12

Who is considered as the “Father of Compounding or Formulating Pharmaceutical Products”?

a. Dioscorides
b. Hippocrates
c. Galen
d. Avicenna

Answer 12

The correct answer is: Galen

Question 13

What is the discipline where the pharmacy is being incorporated or originated during ancient times?

Answer 13

The correct answer is: Religion

Question 14

Which part of an ancient culture where Hippocrates was referred to as the “Father of Medicine?

Answer 14

The correct answer is: Greek

Question 15

Herbolarios and curanderos cure the illnesses of the Spaniards. (True/False)

Answer 15

The correct answer is ‘False’.

Question 16

Which of the following documents that describe the details of drugs in Chinese medicine during the 16th century?

a. Huangdi Neijing
b. Shengnon Bencao Jing
c. Bencao Gangmu

d. Two of the above
e. Pen Ts’ao Kang Mu

Answer 16

The correct answer is: Two of the above

Question 17

Who is the apothecary of Asclepius?

Answer 17

The correct answer is: Hygeia

Question 18

León María Guerrero y Leogardo was the first licensed pharmacist in the Philippines. (True/False)

Answer 18

The correct answer is ‘True’.

Question 19

European pharmacists (Spaniards) started the pharmacy profession here in the Philippines and dominated until the end of Spanish rule.

Answer 19

The correct answer is ‘False’.

Question 20

What civilization where the apothecaries, or pharmacies, were established in the late eight century?

Answer 20

The correct answer is: Arab