History of Pharmacy Flashcards
(95 cards)
the one who wrote De Materia Medica
Pedanius Dioscorides
- the daughter of Germanic petty nobility who became nun at the age of 14
- urged proper diet and exercise as means of practical therapy
Hildegard of Bingen (St. Hildegard) 1098-1179
Wrote “Liber Compositae Medicinae I and 2” (2 important Medico-Pharmacological Works) and Physica- 1st treatise of physical universe
Hildegard of Bingen (St. Hildegard) 1098-1179
Believed that epilepsy (nervous disorder characterized by sudden loss of consciousness and sometimes convulsion) could be cured by placing emerald in the patient’s mouth
Hildegard of Bingen (St. Hildegard) 1098-1179
- a noted teacher at the University of Paris
- called the Doctor Universallis for extensive knowledge in Astronomy, Geology, Zoology and Botany
- first to use the word Amalgam in describing the combination of Mercury with another metal
Dominican Albertus Magnus (193 1280)
the science of reasoning
Philosophy
the science of heavenly bodies
Astronomy
the science that describes the surface of earth
Geography
the study of animals
Zoology
division of biology dealing with plants
Botany
- the only physician Pope who became Pope John 21st recommended a remedy called Aquae mirabilis (fillings of gold, silver and copper suspended in a urine of a boy which could cure almost all diseases externally and internally)
- he installed an Alchemical Laboratory in Vatican
Petrus Hispanus
provided the herbalist with a decoction for purging (induce evacuation of the bowel, hot tumors, and for shaking and trembling of the heart
The Juice of the Rose
once pounded and mixed with honey is an antidote (an agent counteract the effect of the poison), and for the ulcers of the head and scalp it could be boiled with vinegar and applied to warts and corns
The Root of the Lily
-wrote Thesaurus Pauperum (Treasury of the Poor) a renowned formulary designed for self-treatment
Brun Schwyak
-wrote Rosa Anglica. Some of the remedies he cited were: - Swine excrement (feces) for hemorrhage
- Bladder of the Goat Extracted while Full of Urine and Baked in an Oven - for epilepsy
John Gaddesden
-Roman emperor who issued an edict/public ordinance in 1240 which is known to be the MAGNA CARTA OF PHARMACY PROFESSION - a fundamental constitution that secure civil right
Frederick II
The Three Regulations of the Edict Created Pharmacy as an Independent Branch of a Governmentally Supervised Health Service and Universally Applied:
- Separation of the Pharmaceutical profession from the Medical profession
- Official supervision of pharmaceutical practice
- Compulsory use of a prescribed formulary according to which medicaments must be prepared
The 2 Sections of the Law that did not Find General Application were:
I. The Limitation of the Number of Pharmacies
- Governmentally fixed prices for remedies
- published a book in the early 15th century entitled Compendium for Pharmacist, in which he outlined the duties and obligations of a Pharmacist
- He said the Pharmacist must know Latin to understand Pharmaceutical literature and physician’s prescription
Saladin Di Ascoli
He warned Pharmacists not to indulge themselves against unethical acts such as:
a. dispensing abortifacients
b. selling poisons knowingly for harm
c. ingredients that would be detrimental to the patient; or
d. making other changes in a prescribed medication without the patient’s consent
Saladin Di Ascoli
- Luther of Medicine/Iconoclast
- His real name was Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenheim
Paracelsus
▸ He was able to enriched Pharmacy by his endeavor to extract the essential or inert substance which lead him to prepare alcoholic tinctures, extracts and essences and quintessence’s/most essential products
Paracelsus
Modern professional societies opened schools of Pharmacy and encouraged every institution to imposed higher learning.
Paracelsus
At first, one is allowed to practice pharmacy through prolonged apprenticeship of four to eight years until 1725.
Paracelsus