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Pharmakon meaning
Drugs
Gnosis meaning
Knowledge
It is the study of drugs of natural origin
Pharmacognosy
It is the study of physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of drugs, drugs substances, or potential drugs of natural origin as well as the search for nee drugs from natural sources.
Pharmacognosy
A medical student in Halle Saale Germany who named Pharmacognosy
C.A. Seydler (1815)
It is the oldest Pharmacy Practice which represents the history and medicine dating back to prehistoric ages
Pharmacognosy
Experts in collecting, testing, and using plants for treating diseases.
Medicine Men
What era is the cultivation and gathering of over 200 different plants
New Stone Age
In charge of preparation of food and healing potions.
Women
In charge of compilation of remedies
Men
Era where spirits are believed to be the cause of diseases
New Stone Age
2600 BC
Ancient Mesopotamia
The source of evidence concerning skills of Mesopotamian physicians.
Law Code of Hammurabi
The healing practitioners all in one
Priest, Physician, Pharmacist
Where did Papyrus Ebers originate
Ancient Egypt
It is the best known and most important pharmaceutical record.
Papyrus Ebers
Papyrus Ebers is a collection of how many drugs and prescriptions
800 prescriptions mentioning 700 drugs
The earliest source of Greek medical knowledge and descriptions of Ancient Greek medical practitioners
Homer (Illad and Odyssey)
The father of medicine and the First Native Doctor
He used vinegar, honey, herbs, and hydrotherapy in healing
Hippocrates
Author of De Historia Plantanum and De Causis Plantanum
Theoprastus
The Greek herbalist who is considered the first person to produce illustrated work oh medicinal plants
Krateus
Cosmography on Natural History
Pliny
Practiced and taught Pharmacy and Medicine and the originator of the formula for cold cream
Galen