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21 Cards in this Set
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In West and Central Africa, poisons were used in trials to identify sorcerers to blame for evils |
Each tribe was given a poison and whoever did not throw up was killed and proclaimed sorcerer |
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In the Amazon, people dipped their arrows in a poison called curare |
Caused paralysis and death upon entering animal. Interacts with receptors in skeletal muscle. |
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In Russia, ergot was found growing on rye. |
In Russia, ergot was found growing on rye. |
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Two active principles isolated from ergot. |
Ergotamine: used for migraines as it constricts blood vessels Ergonovine: no longer used to speed up labour but is used in afterbirth to stop bleeding |
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Early Chinese Medicine |
Classified drugs according to taste |
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Early Egyptian Medicine |
Prayer said over breast milk and given to sick children. |
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Early Greek Medicine |
Discovered Opium and Morphine |
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Spain, Iran and Iraq |
"Never use two drugs where one will do" |
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Digitalis |
Named after its purple flowers. Leaves were powdered and given to patients with heart disease. Decreases blood flow through small vessels. Improves performance in heart muscle. |
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Nitro-glycerine |
Treats angina pectoris. Dilates blood vessels, increasing oxygen supply to the heart and decreases the oxygen requirement (relieving pain) |
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Quinine |
From Cinchona tree bark. Used for malaria. Also used for certain heart arrythmias. |
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Reserpine and Chlorpromazine |
For calming mental patients. Chlorpromazine is is preferred (getting the right dose of Reserpine is difficult). |
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LSD |
Discovered by trying to improve products based on ergot. Has a similar structure to ergotamine or ergonovine. |
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Anaesthetics |
Nitrous oxide (laughing gas) prevented pain. Ether was discovered to have similar properties. Was used at parties until a student asked to use it in surgery. |
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Hallucinogens |
Mescaline and LSD |
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Analgesics (pain reliving drugs) |
Morphine, codeine, heroin, aspirin, acetaminophen (Tylenol) |
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Cardiovascular drugs |
Digoxin, nitroglycerin, amyl nitrate, quinidine, reserpine |
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Antimicrobial |
Organoarsenicals, sulfa, penicillin, streptomycin |
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Anaethetics |
Nitrous oxide and Ether |
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Drugs used in psychiatry |
Chlorpromazine and Reserpine |
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Other Drugs |
Physostigmine (glaucoma) Curare (muscle relaxation) -- modified to be safer Ergotamine (migraine) -- replaced by better drugs Ergovine (obstetrics) Senna (purgative) Ephedrine (asthma) -- replaced by better drugs Colchicine (gout) Quinine (malaria) |
