M1: Lesson 1 Flashcards
art and science of preparing drugs
Pharmacy
a person considered as medication
or drug expert.
Pharmacist
A legally granted responsibility to handle drugs
and to know all about those drugs
Pharmacist
Ancient Through Early Modern Era
Human
prehistory to AD 1500
Five Historical Periods in Pharmacy
- Ancient through early modern era
- Empiric Era
- Industrialization Era
- Patient-Care Era
- Biotechnology and genetic engineering
Empiric Era
1600 to 1940
Patient care era
1970 to present
Biotechnology and genetic engineering
The new horizon
Decides based on Instincts and help of nature
Ancient through early modern era (Before the dawn of history)
Decides based on the belief that people got sick: victim of evil forces,
God’s anger and punishment
Before the Dawn of History (Ancient through early modern era
**Ancient man
Provided the
earliest practice apothecary.
Pharmacy in Ancient Babylonia
One who prepares and sells drugs or
compounds for medicinal purposes
Apothecary
Medical texts on clay tablets
record the symptoms of illness,
prescription and directions for
compounding, and invocation to
the gods
Pharmacy in Ancient babylonia
2 Types of Medical care in Babylonia
Ashipu/asipu & Asu
Magical healer or
Sorcerer/exorcist
Ashipu or Asipu
Rely on spells and magical
stones
Ashipu or asipu
• Empirical healer or
physician
Asu
Make use of plant
materials for healing
Asu
written the Pen Tsao
that contains 350 different herbal
drugs and tested many of them on
himself (podophyllum, rhubarb,
ginseng, stramonium, cinnamon
bark, ephedra and ma huang).
Shen nung
Discovery of Pen Tsao
that contains 350 different herbal
drugs and tested many of them on
himself (podophyllum, rhubarb,
ginseng, stramonium, cinnamon
bark, ephedra and ma huang).
Pharmacy in Ancient China
Papyrus Ebers:
Pharmacy in Ancient Egypt
the best known and most important
pharmaceutical record that contains 800
prescriptions, mentioning 700 drugs.
Papyrus Ebers
Discovered enemas, infusions, inhalations, lotions,
acacia, onions, aloe, castor oil and opium
Papyrus Ebers
Symbol of Pharmacy
Bowl of Hygeia