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• An agent intended for use in the diagnosis, mitigation, treatment, cure, or prevention of disease in humans or in other animals.
Drug
One of its most astounding qualities of the drug is
the diversity of their actions and effects on the body
The use of (blank) predates recorded human history in man’s efforts to relieve pain and suffering, recover from injury, and extend life
drugs
Drugs have existed as long as
humans
Their discovery was led by human disease and the instinct to survive.
drugs
• Disease was believed to be caused by
demons or evil spirits entering the body.
Knowledge of drugs and disease meant
power
Apothecary combined with priestly functions
Apothecary
other word for apothecary
Pharmakon
More than 800 formulas or prescriptions
Ebers papyrus
Ebers papyrus mentioned how many drugs
700
Drugs in Ebers papyrus
Botanical
Mineral
Animal
Vehicles used
Father of Medicine
• Hippocrates
Pharmacognosy
Dioscorides
pharmakon
Hippocrates
“Galenic pharmacy.”
Galen
1240 AD
Emperor Frederick II
1493–1541 AD
Paracelsus
discovered Lactic acid, citric acid, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, arsenic acid, glycerin, calomel, benzoic acid, oxygen
Karl Wilhelm Scheele
Karl Wilhelm Scheele discovered what
Lactic acid, citric acid, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, arsenic acid, glycerin, calomel, benzoic acid, oxygen
