LEC - 1 - History of Pharmacology

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The study of the biological effects of chemicals.

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Pharmacology

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Another name for Pharmacotherapeutics

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(Clinical Pharmacology)

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The use of drugs to treat, prevent, and diagnose disease. It concerns the drug’s effects on the body and the body’s response to the drug.

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Pharmacotherapeutics

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Three Categories of Substances for Therapeutic Purposes

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Drugs/Medications
Biologics
Complementary or Alternative Therapies

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Chemical agents capable of producing biological responses within the body, which may be therapeutic or adverse.

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Drugs/Medications:

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Agents naturally produced in animal cells, by microorganisms, or by the body itself.

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Biologics:

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Natural plant extracts, herbs, vitamins, minerals, dietary supplements, and unconventional techniques such as acupuncture, hypnosis, biofeedback, and massage.

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Complementary or Alternative Therapies:

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Recorded the earliest surviving “prescriptions” on clay tablets in 3000 B.C.

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Babylonians

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Recorded a 40-volume compendium of plant remedies dating to 2700 B.C.

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Chinese (Pen Tsao)

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Archived their remedies in 1550 B.C., containing information on numerous diseases and 829 prescriptions.

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Egyptians (Eber’s Papyrus)

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3000 B.C.

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Babylonians

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2700 B.C.

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Chinese (Pen Tsao)

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1550 B.C

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Egyptians (Eber’s Papyrus)

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(Pen Tsao)

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Chinese

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(Eber’s Papyrus)

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Egyptians

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Greek physician considered the “Father of Medicine”;

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Hippocrates (460-375 BC)

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Greek philosopher, known as the “Father of Pharmacognosy,”

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Theophrastus (380-287 BC)

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Greek physician who produced one of the first Materia Medica of approximately 500 plants and remedies.

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Dioscorides (AD 57)

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First to attempt considering the theoretical background of pharmacology.

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Claudius Galen (AD 129-200)

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first to recognize disease as an abnormal reaction of the body.

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Hippocrates (460-375 BC)

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(460-375 BC)

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Hippocrates

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who classified medicinal plants based on their medicinal characteristics.

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Theophrastus (380-287 BC)

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(380-287 BC)

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Theophrastus

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(AD 57)

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Dioscorides

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(AD 129-200)

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Claudius Galen

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Swiss scholar and alchemist,

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Paracelsus (1493-1541)

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Established the foundation of modern pharmacology by developing experiments to elucidate the physiological processes and actions of drugs in the body.

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Francois Magendie (1783-1855)

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Considered the Father of Experimental Medicine;

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Claude Bernard (1813-1878)

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Known as the “Father of Modern Pharmacology”;

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Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838-1921)

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considered the “Grandfather of Pharmacology,”

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Paracelsus (1493-1541)

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who introduced the use of chemicals for treating disease.

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Paracelsus (1493-1541)

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(1493-1541)

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Paracelsus

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(1783-1855)

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Francois Magendie

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identified the site of action of curare (arrow poisoning).

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Claude Bernard (1813-1878)

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(1813-1878)

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Claude Bernard

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established pharmacology as an independent discipline.

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Oswald Schmiedeberg (1838-1921)

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(1838-1921)

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Oswald Schmiedeberg