There were actually many contributors – see noted in the preface of the book – from several pharmacists to nurses and certified pharmacy technicians
Welcome! Covering history of pharmacy – taking you through a time line of notable historic marks in pharmacy (ancient roots, medicine in nature, first antibiotic discovered, pharmacy today, educational requirements, computers) Well this will be very interesting; as you may be surprised as well as intrigued with the information I will be sharing
There wasn’t always doctors, but priests or advisors/counslers that helped when illness arose. Imhotep was an advisor to many pharaohs of Egypt and eventually became the Eygyptian god of medicine. In ancient history; there was more supernatural background
There were egpytian, greek, and chineses roots in medicine. Beginning with Imhotep, who was the first physician known by name
“ Deo scora dees” this book was in greek and actually had pictures of the corresponding plants or flowers
4 basic substances of the body that need to be in balance for an individual to be healthy
Looking into some of the natural means, even the barks of trees were found to be helpful. (NOW CHANGE SLIDE)
Malaria- parasitic infection. Human to human via mosquito. It attacks RBC, inflames liver causing severe flu-like sx. TX-chloroquinine/malarone (proquanil)/lariam(mefloquine)
Hipp-ok-cratees
Be sure to mention the roots for words helps in knowing the meaning of a word. Ie ology- the study of; pan-all Materia medica- Dioscorides, a Greek physician, wrote original five books describing over 600 plants and their medicinal properties. Later called the pharmacopia
1721 Boylston innoculated his own son and a slave with cowpox to produce immunity against smallpox-never went to medical school- the 1 st medical school wasn’t founded until 1765 UPENN 1796 Jenner innoculated his gardeners son with cowpox to prove it would produce immunity to smallpox
Date in time by Years of life expectancy
Between 1970 and 2000, total health care costs in the US increased by over 1,500 percent to $1.353 trillion dollars. By 2010 costs are projected to increase to $2.726 trillion dollars.
Abx-drug/substance that harms or kills microorganisms like bacteria and fungi. Antitoxin- substance that acts against a toxin in the body-vaccine. Hormones- chemicals produced by our body that regulates body function and processes.Materia Medica- Greek physician Dioscorides wrote – 5 books over 600 plants and their healing properties. Pharmacognosy-study of physical, chemical, biochemical, biological properties of drugs as well as the search for new drugs from natural sources
