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Scope and History of Pharmacy Flashcards

1
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“Sealed Earth”

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Terra Sigillata

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2
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Early trademarked drug

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Terra Sigillata

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3
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One of the very first therapeutic agents

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Terra Sigillata

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4
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Terra sigillata is a clay tablet that originated where

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Mediterranean island of Lemnos

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5
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Use as a cure for poisons and a general cure for any bodily impurities

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terra Sigillata

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6
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Washed, refined, rolled to a mass of proper thickness, the clay was forms into ________

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Pastilles

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7
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What seal is placed on a terra sigillata

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official of the Priestesses

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8
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father of Botany

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Theophrastus

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9
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What did Theophrastus write

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De causis plantarum (The causes of plants) and De historia plantarum (the history of plants)

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How many distinct species did Theophrastus classify

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500

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Gave the first clear account of plant sexual reproduction and pollination

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Theophrastus

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Discussed the influence of abiotic habitat factors

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Theophrastus

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13
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For the heart

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Catalpa

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14
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Circulatory system

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Bloodroot

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15
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liver

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liverleaf

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16
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For curing wounds and is also an antidepressant

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St. John’s Wort

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17
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King of Pontus

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Mithridates VI

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18
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The royal toxicologist

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Mithridates VI

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19
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Found the time for the art of poisoning and the art of preventing and counteracting the poisons

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Mithridates VI

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20
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Semi-mythical remedy with as many as 65 ingredients

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Mithridate

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21
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Mithridate is also called

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Mithridatium, mithridatum, or mithridaticum

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22
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The father of Pharmacy

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Dioscorides

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23
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Physician travelling and would collect samples of local medicinal herbs everywhere he went

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Pedanius Dioscorides

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Promulgated rules for collection of drugs, their storage, and use

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Pedanius Dioscorides

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25
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Prime authority source of works on herbs and other medicinal substances in the history of western civilization

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De Materia Medica

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26
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Experimenter in Drug Compounding

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Practiced and taught both Pharmacy and medicine in Rome his principles of preparing and compounding medicines

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Claudius Galen

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Standard medicine preparation practices

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Galenicals

29
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Originator of the formula for cold cream

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Claudius Galen

30
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Pharmacy Patron Saints

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St Damian and St Cosmas

31
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Patron saint of apothecary

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St. Damian

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Patron saint of physician

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St. Cosmas

33
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Twin brothers of Arabian descent and devout Christians, they offered the solace of religion as well as the benefit of their knowledge to the sick who visited them

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St. Damian and St. Cosmas

34
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During the middle ages, where are the knowledge of pharmacy and medicine preserved

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Monasteries

35
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First apothecary shop

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18th Century in Baghdad

36
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Persian Galen

37
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wrote Arabic often secluded, pharmaceutical teachings were accepted in the west and dominant in the orient

38
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Who was the one responsible for the separation of medicine and pharmacy

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Frederick II of Hohenstaufen

39
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Emperor of Germany and King of Sicily

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Frederick II of Hohenstaufen

40
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Where did the idea of pharmacopoeia started

41
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Originally written in Italian, later became the legal standard for the city-state in 1498

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Nuovo Receptario

42
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The professional groups received official advice from the powerful Dominican monk

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Girolamo Savonarola

43
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The most important pharmaceutical record at 1500 BC

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Papyrus Ebers

44
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Papyrus Ebers has a collection of _______ prescriptions and mentioned _______ drugs

45
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Which were once patented and still marketed by the original manufacturer under a brand name

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Branded drugs

46
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Pioneer or innovator brand

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Branded drugs

47
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Defined as drug products whose patent has expired or which was never patented

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Generic Drug

48
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This term should not be confused with the generic name since all drugs, regardless if patented, have a generic name

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Generic drug

49
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Most commonly used in scientific literature or International Non-proprietary Name (INN) duly approved by FDA in Generics Labelling Guidelines

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Generic Name

50
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Generic drugs sold by major drug firms under a brand name

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Branded generics

51
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is marketed after expiration of patent, or if the product was never patented

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Branded generics

52
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Unpatented products

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Branded Generics

53
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Norvasc (Pfizer) - Innovator - expired patent

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Amvasc (Therapharma)

54
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Unbranded generics

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Commodity generics

55
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Refer to generic drugs which are marketed without promotion and are sold under a generic name only, usually by a small drug manufacturer

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Commodity generics

56
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372-287 B.C.

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Theophrastus

57
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About 100 B.C.

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Mithridates VI

58
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Mithridate is a semi-mythical remedy with as many as _____ ingredients

59
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When was the De Materia Medica published by Pedanius Diocorides

60
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Date of Claudius Galen

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130-200 A.D.

61
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date of IBN Sina

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980-1037 A.D.

62
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Where and when did the separation of medicine and pharmacy happend

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Sicily, 1240 AD

63
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Political leader in Florence

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Girolamo Savonarola

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