History of medicine and pharmacy chapter 1 – Flashcards
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Latin term for pharmacist
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Apothecary
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A spiritual person in a tribe who cares for the spiritual, medicinal, and physical health of the tribe
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Shaman
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A pharmacy in a hospital or institutional setting
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Inpatient pharmacy
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Often confused as the symbol of the medical field
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Caduceus
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Set of standards written by a hospital or insurance company for patient treatment
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Protocol
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A mix of opium and alcohol used through the 1800s
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Laudanum
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Scientist and monk, know as the father of genetics
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Gregor Mendel
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Considered god of healing and medicine
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Asclepius
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Greek philosopher and scientist
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Aristotle
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Greek philosopher and physician, considered the father of medicine
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Hippocrates
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English scientist responsible for scientific methods
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Roger bacon
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Greek physician who proved that blood flowed through arteries
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Galen
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Swiss physician, philosopher, and scientist
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Paracelsus
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Archeological discoveries have unearthed civilizations that documented:
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The use of minerals, animals, and plants to heal the sick
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In some states, today's typical pharmacy tech:
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Is required to do an array of tasks + is required to be educated and receive on the job training
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How can techs gain trust of the patients?
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Education, training, good communication
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The concept that doctors act only for the good of the patient and keep confidential what they learn about patients
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Hippocratic oath
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The effectiveness of the opium and alcohol mix known as laudanum was surpasses by it's:
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Addictiveness
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Some of the instruments used earliest for bloodletting were:
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Thorns, sharp bones, shark teeth
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The frat synthetic drug, was a ___, discovered by her Gerhars Domagk
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Sulfonamide
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Some physicians are not eager to have pharmacists:
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Writing medication orders
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The placebo effect
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Works because the patient strongly believes it will work
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An incision into the skull to create an exit portal for disease
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Trephining
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In early America physicians were:
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Responsible for diagnosing conditions, responsible for peeping necessary remedy, the first druggists
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The division of physicians and pharmacists began after the:
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Civil war
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Alexander Fleming:
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Discovered penicillin
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Early remedies In American history include:
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Cinchona bark (quinine) to treat malaria, mercury to treat syphilis, opium and alcohol to treat pain
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The first pharmacy techs were:
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Family members of the pharmacist
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Techs help pharmacist by preping:
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Prescriptions and compounding
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4 duties of an tech in a hospital setting
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1. Supply floor stock 2. Prep parenteral medications 3. Transcribe doctor'a orders 4. Fill patients cassettes
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2 areas of pharmacy in which a pharmacist can specialize
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Anticoagulation, oncology
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The most important quality a tech can develop when working with patients
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Communication
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What does dogma mean?
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Code of beliefs based on religion, ideology or authorization
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