Scope and History of Pharmacy Flashcards
“Sealed Earth”
Terra Sigillata
Early trademarked drug
Terra Sigillata
One of the very first therapeutic agents
Terra Sigillata
Terra sigillata is a clay tablet that originated where
Mediterranean island of Lemnos
Use as a cure for poisons and a general cure for any bodily impurities
terra Sigillata
Washed, refined, rolled to a mass of proper thickness, the clay was forms into ________
Pastilles
What seal is placed on a terra sigillata
official of the Priestesses
father of Botany
Theophrastus
What did Theophrastus write
De causis plantarum (The causes of plants) and De historia plantarum (the history of plants)
How many distinct species did Theophrastus classify
500
Gave the first clear account of plant sexual reproduction and pollination
Theophrastus
Discussed the influence of abiotic habitat factors
Theophrastus
For the heart
Catalpa
Circulatory system
Bloodroot
liver
liverleaf
For curing wounds and is also an antidepressant
St. John’s Wort
King of Pontus
Mithridates VI
The royal toxicologist
Mithridates VI
Found the time for the art of poisoning and the art of preventing and counteracting the poisons
Mithridates VI
Semi-mythical remedy with as many as 65 ingredients
Mithridate
Mithridate is also called
Mithridatium, mithridatum, or mithridaticum
The father of Pharmacy
Dioscorides
Physician travelling and would collect samples of local medicinal herbs everywhere he went
Pedanius Dioscorides
Promulgated rules for collection of drugs, their storage, and use
Pedanius Dioscorides
Prime authority source of works on herbs and other medicinal substances in the history of western civilization
De Materia Medica