Pharmacy Review

Question 1

What type of remedies have been used?

Answer 1

herbals

Question 2

What were severe illnesses believed to be caused by?

Answer 2

Evil Spirits

Question 3

What is trephining?

Answer 3

A cut made into the skull to give disease a portal through which to leave

Question 4

Tribal Shamans (medicine men)

Answer 4

Believed to be able to communicate with spirits

Question 5

Asclepius

Answer 5

Greek God of Healing

Question 6

Symbol of Asclepis

Answer 6

Wingless staff with one snake wrapped around it

Question 7

what is the formal symbol of medicine?

Answer 7

asclepius

Question 8

Caduceus

Answer 8

usually has 2 wings at the top and 2 intertwined snakes

Question 9

What is often mistakenly used as the symbol of medicine?

Answer 9

Caduceus

Question 10

Plagues killed thousands of people (true/false)

Answer 10

true

Question 11

Microbes during the evolution of medicine

Answer 11

Unknown

Question 12

what was the most common form of treatment and remains so in many cultures?

Answer 12

prayer

Question 13

Hippocrates

Answer 13

3rd-generation physician

Question 14

Who is the father of medicine?

Answer 14

Hippocrates (Hippocratic Oath)

Question 15

blood

Answer 15

air

Question 16

phlegm

Answer 16

water

Question 17

yellow bile

Answer 17

fire

Question 18

black bile

Answer 18

earth

Question 19

what are treatments to rebalance the humors?

Answer 19

bloodletting, laxatives

Question 20

Aristotle

Answer 20

A Greek Philosopher, taught Alexander the Great, started a famous school, studied with Plato

Question 21

Claudius Galen

Answer 21

physician to the Roman gladiators, wrote the most influential medical textbook of the ancient era

Question 22

Roger Bacon

Answer 22

Philosopher and alchemist; refined and explained the importance of the experimental methods

Question 23

Paracelsus

Answer 23

Swiss physician, philosopher, and scientist; introduced laudanum

Question 24

What is laudanum?

Answer 24

a popular tonic for deadening pain; used during the Civil War

Question 25

What are prevalent treatments?

Answer 25

multiple mixtures of plants, roots, and other concoctions

Question 26

Examples of Prevalent Treatments

Answer 26

-garlic for inflammation of bronchial tubes -liverwort plant for liver problems -wine & pepper for stomach ailments -onions for worms -tiger fat for joint pain

Question 27

Ancient Herbal Remedies

Answer 27

treatment were by trial and error; some were effective and some caused death

Question 28

What is bloodletting?

Answer 28

used to lessen excess bodily fluids, thought to cause illness

Question 29

George Mender

Answer 29

famous scientist & monk; laid the foundation for genetics and how genes are woven into heredity

Question 30

Florence Nightingale

Answer 30

best known as a nurse who spent her career caring for the wounded

Question 31

Who were the first druggists?

Answer 31

Doctors

Question 32

Absinthe

Answer 32

Alcohol-based liquid; herb mixed with alcohol and served with water and sugar; treatment for tapeworms

Question 33

What is opioid?

Answer 33

drug made in a lab rather than taken from a plant

Question 34

Alexander Fleming

Answer 34

Discovered penicillin by accident in 1928

Question 35

Gerhard Domagk

Answer 35

discovered the 1st synthetic drug (sulfonamide) in 1932; used during WWII to treat wound infection

Question 36

James Watson and Francis Crick

Answer 36

1953. published scientific paper presenting DNA structure

Question 37

Louis Pasteur

Answer 37

discovered an anthrax vaccine for animals (1881)

Question 38

what is a modern treatment for hemochromatosis?

Answer 38

leeches + magggots to remove blood

Question 39

Honey is used for its medicinal properties? True or False

Answer 39

True

Question 40

What did pharmacies sprung up after?

Answer 40

apothecaries sprung up after the Civil War

Question 41

Medical recipe book

Answer 41

contained instructions for preparing remedies

Question 42

Who were the 1st pharmacy technicians?

Answer 42

those enlisted in the military

Question 43

As of Dec.31, 2013, the PTCB has more than how many technicians worldwide?

Answer 43

525,365 technicians

Question 44

what degree is required for US pharmacists?

Answer 44

a doctor of pharmacy degree (PharmD)