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Pharmacology
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The study of drugs, their properties, uses, application and effects.
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Herbal Medicine
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Drugs derived from plants to treat illness and physical conditions.
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Salicylic Acid
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Natural forerunner of the active ingredient in aspirin. Derived from bark of white willow tree, used by Ancient Greeks to relieve pain.
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Cocaine
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The first effective local anesthetic.
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Digitalis
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The drug of the foxglove plant - treat heart disease.
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Quinine
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The first useful drug in the treatment of malaria. Extracted from the bark of a Peruvian Tree, the Cinchona.
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Germ Theory
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The theory that microorganisms cause food spoilage.
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Polio Vaccine
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Inject-able vaccine made from killed polio virus. Oral polio vaccine made from weakened form of live polio virus
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Insulin
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Hormone that lowers blood sugar - treat diabetes-1.
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Penicillin
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The first antibiotic.
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Synthetic Drugs
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Drugs created by reformulating simpler chemicals into more complex ones, creating a new chemical not found in nature.
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Human Genome Project
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An attempt to map the entire DNA sequence in the human genome. Provide a better understanding of hereditary diseases and how to treat them.
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Formularies
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List of drugs that are approved for use by patients.
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OBRA '90
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US legislation which required pharmacists to provide consulting services to Medicaid patients.
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Shen Nung
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ancient practitioner of "trial and error" drug testing through tasting plants and other natural materials to determine which were poisonous and which were beneficial.
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Antibiotic
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a substance that harms or kills microorganism like bacteria and fungi.
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Antitoxin
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A substance that acts against a toxin in the body.
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Panacea
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a cure-all
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Hormone
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chemicals produced by the body that regulate body function and processes.
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Paracelsus
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he is credited with firmly establishing the use of chemistry to create medicinal drugs.
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Materia medica
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an authoritative listing of drugs and issues related to their use.
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Anesthetic
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A substance that produces anesthesia, such as halothane, procaine, or ether.
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Aseculapius
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ancient Greek God of Medicine
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Galea
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he advocated "bleeding" to maintain balance of the "humour".
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