PRELIM 01 - History Flashcards
Pharmacopoeia originating from Great Britain; formed by combining London, Edinburgh, and Dublin’s pharmacopoeias in 1864
British Pharmacopoeia
First US pharmacopoeia published in 1778
Lititz Pharmacopoeia
Father of the US Pharmacopoeia who suggested the idea of a pharmacopoeia to the medical society of New York
Dr. Lyman Spalding
Used to be a revolt/rebellious record first coined as the “National Formulary of Unofficial Preparations”
National Formulary
Was exclusive to doctors and was held every 10 years
USP convention
President that declared USP & NF as standards for medicinal and pharmacopoeial substances
President Theodore Roosevelt
Coined by Samuel Hahnemann and was based on the law of similarities
Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the US
Coined the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the US
Samuel Hahnemann
Published by WHO and serves as a recommendation to national pharmacopoeia revisions
International Pharmacopoeia
Year when the Lititz Pharmacopoeia (first American pharmacopoeia) was published for use
1778
Year when the Massachusetts Medical Society published a 272-page pharmacopoeia containing information on 536 drugs
1808
Date when Dr. Lyman Spalding (Father of USP) submitted a plan to the medical society of the county of New York
January 6, 1817
Date when draft pharmacopoeias were reviewed, consolidated, and adopted by the first USP convention in Washington DC
January 1, 1820
Date when the first USP was published in English and Latin
December 15, 1820
Year when the first edition of the National Formulary for Unofficial Preparations was published
1888
Year when the pharmacopoeial convention granted authority to issue supplements to the USP
1900
Date when the title “National Formulary of Unofficial Preparations” was changed to “National Formulary”
June 30, 1906
The act that President Roosevelt signed into law
Pure Food and Drug Act
Year when the USP convention decided to revise the USP every 5 years and revise the NF every 10 years
1940
Year when the USP Convention, Inc. purchased the NF
1975
Date when the first combined compendium, comprising of the USP XX and NF XV, became official
July 1, 1980
Year when the USP 23/NF 18 became the first edition to drop the use of roman numerals in favor of Arabic numbers
1995
Year when the USP/NF became an annual publication
2002
