MODULE 1: HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PHARMACY PRACTICE Flashcards
Pharmacy came from the Greek word ________ that means drug or medicine
PHARMAKON
PHARMAKON means
DRUG OR MEDICINE
Defined as the PROFESSION which is concerned with the art and science of PREPARING DRUGS from natural and synthetic sources, and from suitable and convenient dosage forms (tablets, capsules, suspension, solution, ointment, cream, gels, lotions) for administration (oral, peroral, topical, parenteral, inhalations, insertion) for its purpose as a DRUG (prevention, diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, and cure) of diseases both of man and animal
PHARMACY
It embraces the knowledge of the
identification
selection
pharmacologic action
preservation
analysis
standardization
PHARMACY
Person considered the EXPERT ON DRUGS or considered as the MEDICATION EXPERT
PHARMACIST
It is legally granted the responsibility to handle drugs and to know all about those drugs
PHARMACIST
Ancient man learned from the instinct from observation of BIRDS AND BEASTS.
BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY
Cool water, a leaf, dirt, or mud was his first soothing application.
BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY
healers during BEFORE THE DAWN OF HISTORY
SHAMAN
PRIEST
Practitioners of healing of this era were priests, pharmacists, and physician, ALL IN ONE
PHARMACY IN ANCIENT BABYLONIA
Medical text on CLAY TABLETS records first the symptoms of illness, the prescription and directions for compounding, then an invocation of the gods
PHARMACY IN ANCIENT BABYLONIA
o jewel of ancient Mesopotamia
o CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION
o provides the EARLIEST PRACTICE of art the APOTHECARY
BABYLON
2 TYPES OF MEDICAL CARE IN BABYLONIA
ASIPU
ASU
MAGICAL HEALER
rely on SPELLS and MAGICAL STONES
ASIPU
EMPERICAL HEALER
make use of PLANT MATERIALS
drew from large collections of drugs and manipulated them into several dosage forms
ASU
An emperor who INVESTIGATED THE MEDICINAL VALUE of several hundred herbs
SHEN NUNG
He has TESTED many of them ON HIMSELF and written the first PEN T-SAO (native herbal), with 350 different drugs
SHEN NUNG
Discovered of various dosage forms (enemas, infusions, inhalations, etc.)
PHARMACY IN ANCIENT CHINA
Plant drugs such as acasia, onions, aloe, castor oil, opium, etc.
They prepared drugs with mortar and pestle, hand mills, and weighing balances
PHARMACY IN ANCIENT CHINA
BEST-KNOWN and MOST IMPORTANT pharmaceutical record
PAPYRUS EBERS
A collection of 800 prescriptions, mentioning 700 drugs
PAPYRUS EBERS
o GOD OF THE HEALING ART
o During the superstition era, he was believed to impact healing by TOUCHING one with his staff or serpent
ASCLEPIUS
o DAUGHTER OF ASCLEPIUS
o The goddess of health, cleanliness, and sanitation
o Was believed to have a HEALING POTION
HYGEIA
the international symbol of the pharmacy profession
BOWL OF HYGEIA
o FATHER OF MEDICINE
o A Greek physician
o Introduction of scientific pharmacy and medicines
o He showed his writing and practices the FUNDAMENTAL OF SCIENTIFIC METHOD OF RESEARCH
HIPPOCRATES
o FATHER OF BOTANY
o Greek philosopher and natural scientist
o Deals with medical qualities and peculiarities of HERBS
THEOPHRASTUS
o Greek physician and Botanist
o Deals with botany as an APPLIED SCIENCE OF PHARMACY
PEDANIOS DIOSCORIDES
Scientist Look at Drugs
DIOSCORIDES
a book published by dioscorides
DE MATERIA MEDICA
rules of collection of drugs, their storage and use
DE MATERIA MEDICA
o King of Pontus
o The ROYAL TOXICOLOGIST
o He makes the art of poisoning, (preventing and counteracting poisoning – antidote)
o He used himself as well as “GUINEA PIGS” on which to test poisons and antidotes
MITHRIDATES VI
o Greek pharmacist-physician
o Practiced and taught both Pharmacy and medicine
o His principles of PREPARING AND COMPOUNDING MEDICINES
o Associated with that class of pharmaceuticals compounded by mechanical means – Galenical
CLAUDIUS GALEN
Originator of the formula for a cold cream
CLAUDIUS GALEN
o An early “trademarked” drug
o Advantage of trademarks as a means of identification and gaining customers’ confidence
TERRA SIGILLATA
o A clay tablet originating in Mediterranean Island of Lemnos before 500 B.C.
o One day each year clay was dug from a pit on a Lemnian hillside in the presence of governmental and religious dignitaries
o Washed, refined, rolled to a mass of proper thickness, the clay was formed into pastilles and impressed with an official seal by priestesses, then
sun-dried
o The tablets were then widely distributed commercially
TERRA SIGILLATA
o Patron saints
o TWINSHIP of the health professions
DAMIAN AND COSMAS
The apothecary (Pharmacy
DAMIAN
The physician (Medicine)
COSMAS
The ______ gathered herbs and simples in the field, or raised them in their own herb gardens
MONKS