DEFINITION OF PHARMACY Flashcards
pharmacy came from the greek word ________ meaning _________
pharmakon
medicine or drug
Therefore, a pharmacist is a
medicine or drug man
- concerned w the art and science of preparing from natural & synthetic sources suitable and convenient materials for distribution and use in the treatment and prevention of diseases.
- emphasizes its dual nature as both an art and science
pharmacy
2 associations of pharmacy
National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)
American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (AACP)
it is science because it involves the development of ____________ (how drug works/effects of drug on the body) and ____________ (helping/healing)
drug pharmacology (how drug works/effects of drugs on the body)
therapeutics (helping/healing)
2 meanings of pharmacy
- Profession whose function is the service it can render to the public in safeguarding the preparation, compounding, and dispensing of drugs and the storage and handling of drugs and medicinal supplies.
- Place or establishment where pharmacy is practiced.
Legal definitions of pharmacy
i. Pharmacy is that profession which is concerned with the art and science of preparing from natural and synthetic sources suitable and convenient materials for distribution and use in the treatment and prevention of disease.
ii. It embraces a knowledge of the identification, selection, pharmacologic action, preservation, combination, analysis, and standardization of drugs and medicines.
iii. It also includes the proper and safe distribution and use of drugs whether dispensed on the prescription of licensed physician, dentist, or veterinarian
iv. It embodies the distributive function of pharmacy in OTC (over- the- counter) sales as well as in prescriptions.
historical developments of pharmacy
- prehistoric pharmacy
- ancient sumerian, babylonian, and asyrian medicine
- egyptian medicine
- chinese medicine
- greek medicine
- roman medicine
- arabian and persian medicine
- byzanthine medicine
- the dark or middle ages
- renaissance
- pharmacy in europe
- pharmacy in the us
- pharmacy in the ph
diseases was attributed to evil forces or hostile magic.
prehistoric medicine
regarded as caused by evil forces or forms of hostile magic
disease
“magic” to rid themselves of the afflictions that beset them
cure
doctor, shaman, priest, king, prophet, or physician
magician
known for agricultural and craftmanship, produced some of the earliest surviving prescriptions dating back to 2000 BC.
sumerian civilization
herbs, beers, tree bark, wine
tablet of nippur
- referred to as the, “Jewel of Mesopotamia,” practiced the art of pharmacy as priests, pharmacists, and physicians
- cradle of civilization
- provides the earliest known record of practice of the art of the apothecary.
babylonian
person who prepares medicine
apothecary
Health was a subject of much more importance to these people, as a result they formulated _____________ (medical texts on clay tablets), of which ____ were of medical interest
12,000 tablet fragments
660 were of medical interest
- great king who brought back health in their land
- suggested/accepted the law: an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth
- claimed that this came from shamash (sun god)
king hammurabi
2 classes of practitioners in babylonia
asu and asipu
empirical healers; healing through the use of plants or drugs.
asu
magical healers; potion, amulets; spells.
asipu
believed illness was a punishment for breaking the law, emphasizing importance of hygienic practice
assyrian
- high status branch of medicine
- pharmacists as priests
- believe in many gods and goddesses
- contributions to pharmacy included the development of embalming techniques, the use of preservation methods, and foundation of chemistry
- Skills in pharmaceutical practice and industrial use of many chemical processes
egyptian medicine
great god of healing- skilled and all powerful
thoth
apothecary/pharmacist of the Gods
anepu
world’s 1st named architect who built the first pyramid, 1st doctor, priest, scribe, sage, poet, astrologer, chief minister
imhotep
specialized medicine prepares who held a high status within the medical field
pastophor
Pharmacy was conducted by two or more ECHELONS
- Gatherers and preparers of drugs
- chiefs of fabrication or head pharmacists
echelons were thought to have worked in what they call as the
house of life
egyptians were the first to use
infusions, ointments, suppositories, lotions, enema, pills, lozenges
papyrus ebers
- provides a glimpse into their medicinal practices, outlining over 875 prescriptions and 700 drugs
- 21 yards long
- discovered by German Egyptologist, Georg Ebers who discovered it in the tomb of a mummy
- preserved at the University of Lepzig in Germany
- health and disease regarded as imbalance of the living forces everywhere
- disease is organic, animalistic, medicamental
chinese medicine
- emperor who sought out and investigated the medicinal value of several hundred herbs.
- tested many of them on himself
- still worshiped by native Chinese drug guilds as their patron god
shen nung
shen nung wrote the first ________, or native herbal recording ______ drugs
Pen T’sao
365 drugs