Chapter 1

Question 1

Latin term for pharmacist; also, a place where drugs are sold

Answer 1

Apothecary

Question 2

The practice of draining blood; believed to release illness

Answer 2

Bloodletting

Question 3

Often confused as the symbol of the medical field; it is a staff with two entwined snakes and two wings at the top

Answer 3

Caduceus

Question 4

A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true

Answer 4

Dogma

Question 5

An oath taken by physicians concerning the ethics and practice of medicine

Answer 5

Hippocratic oath

Question 6

Pharmacies in a hospital or institutional setting

Answer 6

Inpatient pharmacies

Question 7

A mixture of opium and alcohol used to treat dozens of illnesses through the 1800s

Answer 7

Laudanum

Question 8

A type of segmented worm with suckers that attaches to the skin of a host and engorges itself on the host’s blood

Answer 8

Leeches

Question 9

Fly larvae that feed on dead tissue; used in medicine to clean wounds not responding to routine antibiotics

Answer 9

Maggots

Question 10

The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease

Answer 10

Medicine

Question 11

Any agent that binds to opioid receptors

Answer 11

Opioid

Question 12

An analgesic that is made from the poppy plant

Answer 12

Opium

Question 13

Person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients on medication use and any interactions it may have with food or other drugs

Answer 13

Pharmacist

Question 14

A place where drugs are sold

Answer 14

Pharmacy

Question 15

Person who assists the pharmacist at the front counter of the pharmacy; the person who accepts payment for medications

Answer 15

Pharmacy Clerk

Question 16

Person who assists a pharmacist by filling prescriptions and performing other nondiscretionary tasks

Answer 16

Pharmacy technician

Question 17

Issues a national exam for pharmacy technicians

Answer 17

Pharmacy Technician Certification Board (PTCB)

Question 18

A person who holds a high place of honor in a tribe as a healer and spiritual mediator

Answer 18

Shaman

Question 19

The symbol of the medical profession; it is a wingless staff with one snake wrapped around it

Answer 19

Staff of Asclepius

Question 20

A practice of making an opening in the head to allow disease to leave the body

Answer 20

Trephining

Question 21

Greek scientist, philosopher

Answer 21

Aristotle

Question 22

Greek god of healing and medicine

Answer 22

Asclepius

Question 23

English scientist responsible for scientific methods

Answer 23

Roger Bacon

Question 24

Co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix

Answer 24

Francis Crick

Question 25

Developed sulfonamides and synthetic antibiotics

Answer 25

Gerhard Domagk

Question 26

Discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic

Answer 26

Alexander Fleming

Question 27

Greek physician

Answer 27

Claudius Galen

Question 28

Greek physician and philosopher, considered to be the father of medicine

Answer 28

Hippocrates

Question 29

Scientist and monk, known as the father of genetics

Answer 29

Gregor Mendel

Question 30

Nurse who was responsible for improving the unsanitary conditions at a British base hospital during the Crimean War, reducing the death count

Answer 30

Florence Nightengale

Question 31

Swiss physician, philosopher, and scientist

Answer 31

Paracelsus

Question 32

French scientist, discovered several vaccines and invented pasteurization

Answer 32

Louis Pasteur

Question 33

Co-discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix

Answer 33

James Wastson