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StandardxText:xSelectxallxthatxapply.
1. Earlyxresearchersxusedxthemselvesxandxanimalsxasxtestxsubjects.
2. Pharmacologistsxbeganxtoxsynthesizexdrugsxinxthexlaboratoryxinxthex20thxcentury.
3. Modernxpharmacologyxbeganxinxthexmid-1600s.
4. Thexfirstxdrugsxincludedxmorphine,xcocaine,xandxpenicillin.
5. ThexDarkxAgesxprovidedxmuchxusefulxinformationxthatxwexstillxusextoday.
CorrectxAnswer:x1,2
Rationalex1:xEarlyxresearchersxdidxusexthemselvesxandxanimalsxasxtestxsubjects.
Rationalex2:xPharmacologistsxdidxbeginxtoxsynthesizexdrugsxinxthexlaboratoryxinxthex20thxcentury.
Rationalex3:xModernxpharmacologyxbeganxinxthex1800s,xnotx1600s.
Rationalex4:xThexfirstxdrugsxincludedxmorphinexandxcocaine,xbutxnotxpenicillin.
Rationalex5:xLittlexisxknownxaboutxpharmacologyxduringxthexDarkxAges.
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harmacologistsxdidxbeginxtoxsynthesizexdrugsxinxthexlaboratoryxinxthex20thxcentury;xandxmodernxpharmacologyxbeg
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Rationalex2:xThexearlyxrootxofxpharmacologyxwasxnotxtoxcreatexnewxdrugsxquickly.
Rationalex3:xEarlyxpharmacologyxinvolvedxusingxplantsxtoxrelievexsymptomsxofxsuffering.
Rationalex4:xThexearlyxrootxofxpharmacologyxwasxnotxtoxunderstandxhowxdrugsxtakextheirxeffects.
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yxorxtoxunderstandxhowxdrugsxtakextheirxeffects.xEarlyxpharmacologyxdidxinvolvexusingxplantsxtoxrelievexsymptomsx
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2. Anyxsubstancexthatxisxsynthesizedxandxtestedxinxthexlaboratoryxsetting
3. Anyxsubstancexthatxisxtakenxtoxprevent,xcure,xorxreducexsymptomsxofxaxmedicalxcondition
4. Anyxsubstancexthatxcanxbexisolatedxfromxnaturalxsubstancesxinxnature
CorrectxAnswer:x3
Rationalex1:xAxdrugxisxnotxaxsubstancexthatxisxfoundxinxnaturexorxthatxnormallyxoccursxinxthexhumanxbody.
Rationalex2:xAxdrugxisxnotxonlyxaxsubstancexthatxisxsynthesizedxandxtested.
Rationalex3:xAxdrugxisxconsideredxtoxbexanyxsubstancexthatxisxtakenxtoxprevent,xcure,xorxreducexsymptomsxofxaxmedi
calxcondition.
Rationalex4:xAxdrugxisxnotxonlyxaxsubstancexisolatedxfromxnaturalxsubstances.
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