Module 3 Flashcards
True or False
Early man used materials in his
surroundings, leaves, mud and cool
water were used to stop bleeding and
heal wounds.
True
Used to stop bleeding and heal wounds
Leaves
Mud
Cool water
used to splint broken
bones
Dry clay
Jewel of Ancient Mesopotamia
Cradle of Civilization
Provides
the
earliest
known
record of practice
Ancient Babylonia
were priest,
pharmacist and physician, all in
one.
Ancient Babylonia
Medical texts on clay tablets
record
Ancient Babylonia
emperor who sought out and
investigated the medicinal value of
several hundred herbs
Shen nung
Aka native
herbal, recording 365 drugs and
the compilation presents details of
drugs
Pen ts’ao Kan Mu
Ayurvedic medicine
Ancient India
Includes
reference to drugs of animal, plant and
mineral origin used until the first century
Charaka Samhita
A collection of 800 prescriptions,
mentioning 700 drugs
Papyrus Ebers
Experts in medicinals
Rhizotomoi