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pharm history
before AMA and pharmacy there was…….
herbals, homeopathy, bloodletting
staff of Ascelpius---Greek god of healing---one serpent around
the staff. look upon the snake….
caduceus---aka staff of Hermes(god to underworld)
-2serpents wings around staff
US army used wrong logo
Hippocrates(father of medicine)
460-357bc—kindness, sickness is from
environment
imbalance of body humours
aristitotle384-322bc---anatomy from
animals
claudius galen129-210--Roman doctor
good hygiene, health, moderation
roger bacon--scientific method
Paracelsus--single chemical remedy
pharm history
Theophrastus—father of botany. Plant uses.
Mithridates—father of toxicology. ‘Prevaccine’
Dioscorides—father of pharmacology. Translated greek
med to roman. Herbal book-- ‘de materia medica’
1st pharm shop—baghdad ad762
Renaissance—pharmacopeias(herbal treatise)
US doctor was also druggist until pharmacist specialty.
everybody on laudanum=opium/alcohol mixture
leeches--maggots--bloodletting--pharmaceutical honey--William Proctor—father of amercian pharmacy. 1846
Philadelphia college of pharm
• pharmacist got started after civil war to allow doctors
to do dx and surgery.
• 1821 school of pharmacy in philadelphia.
• enjoy your coke?--thank a pharmacist. they made
their own
• recipe to cure ailments.
• 1960s--pharm tech standardized training
• 1995---PTCB
• about 500,000 ph techs now
• special certification for pharm techs by NPTA in
sterile and extemporaneous
• more responsibilities likely in future(pharm assistant)
PTCE & Excpt
• PTCE—90q, 10 are fake. Score over
650. endorsed by NABP. Geared to
hospital work.
ExCPT---120 q, 20 are fake. Mostly
retail/pharm questions. By National
Healthcareer Association(pass assured)
and Nat Assn Chain drug stores.
Both are accrediated by NCCA (National
Commission for Certifying Agencies)