Important Persons in Pharmacology Flashcards
(48 cards)
Deals with physiology and material medica
Galen
Compiled a treatise that included prescriptions for farm animals
Publius Vegetius
Classified drugs and poisons
Geber Ibn Jhar
Compiled the first pharmacopeia
Valerius cordus
Discovered the circulation of blood and indicated that drug were distributed to various parts of the body
William Harvey
In 1630, he made the first I.V. injection of drugs into a dog
Christopher Wren
In 1850, devised the first hypodermic needle and syringe
Alexander Wood
Introduced the clinical use of opium or laudanum
Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus / Theoprastus Bombastus
The narcotic substance of opium is called?
Morphine
He isollated the narcotic substance of opium
Fredrich Serturner
Discovered the vaccine against small pox
Edward Jenner
Established the foundation for modern pharmacology
Francois Magendie
Observed the use of foxglove in the Tx of dropsy
William Withering
Showed the active ingredient of foxglove
Claude Bernard
What is the active ingredient of Foxglove
Digitalis
Father of Pharmacology
Rudolph Buchheim
Established the first independent laboratory devoted for pharmacology
Rudolph Buchheim
Father of Pharmacology in the US
John Abel
Father of Chemotherapy
Paul Ehrlich
Isolated Penicilin
Alexader Fleming
Isolated sulfonamides
Gerhard Domagk
Isolated estrone/estrogen from female urine
Doisy and Butenandt
Isolated aldosterone from male urine
Butenandt
Discovered the steroid structure of progesterone
Slotta