Milestone in Pharmacy Flashcards
(206 cards)
Ancient man learned from?
Ancient man learned from Instincts, from observation of birds and beasts.
What was the first soothing application before the Dawn?
Cold water, leaf, dirt, or mud was the first sooth application.
From beginnings as remote and simple as these
came the proud profession of Pharmacy. Its
development parallels that of man.
Pharmacy - Before the Dawn
Though the cavemen’s methods were?
Crude
But many of today’s medicines spring from…
Sources as simple and elementary as those which were within reach of early man.
By trial what happened to Caveman/Ancient Man?
By trial he learned which served him best. Eventually he applied his knowledge for the benefits of others.
The jewel of ancient Mesopotamia, often called the cradle of civilization, provides the earliest known record of practice of the art of the apothecary.
Babylon
Practitioners of healing of this era (about 2600 B.C.)
Priest, pharmacists and physician were all in one.
In Ancient Babylonia period where is medical texts were first recorded
Clay Tablets.
What does the clay tablets from Ancient Babylonia period contains?
Symptoms of illness, prescription and directions for compounding, and invocation to the gods.
The methods find counterpart in today’s modern pharmaceutical, medical, and
spiritual care of the sick
Pharmacy in Ancient Babylonian
Emperor who sought out and investigated the medicinal value
of several hundred herbs.
Shen Nung
According to legend, stems
from Shen Nung (about 2000 B.C.),
Pharmacy in Ancient China/Chinese Pharmacy
A textbook on 365 drugs and Chinese herbs written by the Emperor Shen-Nung (circa 2800 BC)
Pen T-Sao
He reputed to have tested many of them on himself, and to have written the first Pen T-Sao, or native herbal, recording 365 drugs. Still worshiped
by native Chinese drug guilds as their patron god.
Shen Nung
What did Shen Nung conceivably examined?
Herbs, barks and roots brought in from the fields, swamps and woods that are still recognized in Pharmacy today.
A chinese mathematical design symbolizing creation and life.
Pa Kua
Medicinal plants in Chinese Pharmacy 6 that was tuckled.
Podophyllum (Mayapple)
Rhubarb
Ginseng
Stramonium
Cinnamon bark
Ma huang or Ephedra
Egyptian medicine dates from about 2900 BC, best known and most important pharmaceutical record.
Days of Papyrus Ebers
Papyrus Ebers
A collection of 800 prescriptions, mentioning 700 drugs.
Pharmacy in ancient Egypt was conducted by two or more echelons:
The gatherer and preparers of
drugs, and “chiefs of fabrication,” or head pharmacists.
What period was ““House of
Life.”?
Days of Papyrus Ebers (Ancient Egypt)
In a setting such as this, the Papyrus Ebers might have been dictated to a scribe by a head
pharmacist as he directed compounding activities in the drug room.
House of Life (Papyrus Ebers)
Among the greatest early Greek philosophers and natural scientists, is called the “Father of Botany.”
Theoprastus/Theophrastus (300 B.C)