Unit 1.1

Question 1

a 20 volume book from the 13th century Persia/Iran and one of three societies critical to development of medicine

Answer 1

Al-Hawi

Question 2

a medical document from 1550 b.c. with 700_ recipes originating in Egypt and one of three societies critical to development of medicine.

Answer 2

Ebers Papyrus

Question 3

the earliest documentation in 1st century discussing yin-yang and acupuncture and one of three societies critical to development of medicine.

Answer 3

The Yellow Emperors’ Inner Classic (The Chinese)

Question 4

ancient practices of health remedies when plants, minerals & animals were the only resources available.

Answer 4

Alternative Medicine

Question 5

destructive and :oxic drug used to fight and/or destroy cancer.

Answer 5

antineoplastic

Question 6

domestic cow used as a drug source

Answer 6

Bovine

Question 7

drug that cures or treats a problem

Answer 7

Curative

Question 8

drug that helps diagnose a disease or condition

Answer 8

Diagnostic

Question 9

Dutch origin: meaning “dry” in reference to herbs

Answer 9

Droog

Question 10

drug that treats patient symptoms

Answer 10

Palliative

Question 11

study of individual candidate genes as a powerful tool to explain intra-individual variability in drug response.

Answer 11

Pharmacodynamics

Question 12

Greek word used for medicine

Answer 12

Pharmakon

Question 13

the study of drugs and their origin, nature, properties and effects on living organisms.

Answer 13

Pharmacology

Question 14

domestic pig used as a drug resource

Answer 14

Porcine

Question 15

pertaining to prevention

Answer 15

Prophylactic

Question 16

restoration of something depleted or missing

Answer 16

replacement

Question 17

related to or made by synthesis; artificially prepared

Answer 17

synthetic

Question 18

what hindered ancient society cures illnesses of illnesses and made remedies dangerous

Answer 18

little knowledge was known about the human body and treatment was trial and error

Question 19

what factors defined modern medicine in 19,20,21st centuries (healers, U.S. soldiers in WWII and modern pharmacology

Answer 19

therapeutic plant chemicals were identified and their pure and active ingredients isolated; however, this was labor intensive and mass production of penicillin after WWI treated broad infections in WWII reducing the death rate to 1% vs 18%. 21st century pharmacogenetics regarding patient’s genetic material allowed for customization of treatments and predictability of patient response to specific treatment.

Question 20

example of bovine sourced drug

Answer 20

insulin

Question 21

Sources and examples of drugs

Answer 21

synthetic (natural substances used as template to create an equivalent - hydrocordone, barbiturate), plants (cocoa plant - novocain) bovine porcine - (insulin ) minerals (iodine - goiter, potassium chloride for heart, magnesium sulfate for constipation) animals (