PHAR 1101 - TEST 1 QUESTIONS ANSWERED CORRECTLY LATEST UPDATE 2026
Choleric Humor - Answers -yellow bile
-gall bladder, summer, mars
-fire, hot and dry
Melancholic Humor - Answers -black bile
-spleen, winter, saturn
-earth, cold and dry
Sanguine Humor - Answers -blood
-heart, spring, jupiter
-air, hot and moist
Phlegmatic Humor - Answers -phlegm
-brain, autumn, moon
-water, cold and moist
Reil's Rules of Drug Experiments - Answers -leave pet theories at the door
-standardise doses and choose populations carefully
-develop a common way of classifying illness
-replicate
-isolate potentially active elements
-develop a common way of describing the effects
-only describe what you've observed yourself
Willow Bark Experiments - Answers -conducted by edward stone to test willow bark for pain relief
-patients likely got diarrhea, but would not have been noted, as it was normal back then
-what were they sick with?
-did not choose populations carefully
Leaf Medicines - Answers -tobacco, hemp, geranium, lavender, mint
Gum / Sap / Resin Medicines - Answers -aloe, balsam
Root Medicines - Answers -ginger, turmeric, galangal, valerian, echinacea, liquorice
Bulb Medicines - Answers -lotus, autumn crocus (colchicine)
Flower Medicines - Answers -chamomile, calendula
Seed-head Medicines - Answers -hemp, poppy
Spice Medicines - Answers -pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cumin
Psychoactive Plants - Answers -hemp plant, leaves and buds
-opium poppy, sap from the seed-head
-coca leaves, chewed
-betel nut, chewed
-kava leaves, chewed
-tobacco, chewed or smoked
-peyote, mescaline
-mushrooms, psilocybin
Medicinal Minerals - Answers -clay, expels parasites
-chalk, drug vehicle
-red ochre, laxitive
-mercury, syphillis and other STIs
-arsenic, chemotherapies
-verdigris, treats ulcers + antiseptic
-gold, rheumatoid arthritis
-silver, ulcer dressings
-antimony, laxitive
-zinc, sunscreen + nappy rash
Other Ancient Medicines - Answers -raw honey
-insects, blister beetle
-animal tissues, ox gall, hair, horns
Choleric Humor - Answers -yellow bile
-gall bladder, summer, mars
-fire, hot and dry
Melancholic Humor - Answers -black bile
-spleen, winter, saturn
-earth, cold and dry
Sanguine Humor - Answers -blood
-heart, spring, jupiter
-air, hot and moist
Phlegmatic Humor - Answers -phlegm
-brain, autumn, moon
-water, cold and moist
Reil's Rules of Drug Experiments - Answers -leave pet theories at the door
-standardise doses and choose populations carefully
-develop a common way of classifying illness
-replicate
-isolate potentially active elements
-develop a common way of describing the effects
-only describe what you've observed yourself
Willow Bark Experiments - Answers -conducted by edward stone to test willow bark for pain relief
-patients likely got diarrhea, but would not have been noted, as it was normal back then
-what were they sick with?
-did not choose populations carefully
Leaf Medicines - Answers -tobacco, hemp, geranium, lavender, mint
Gum / Sap / Resin Medicines - Answers -aloe, balsam
Root Medicines - Answers -ginger, turmeric, galangal, valerian, echinacea, liquorice
Bulb Medicines - Answers -lotus, autumn crocus (colchicine)
Flower Medicines - Answers -chamomile, calendula
Seed-head Medicines - Answers -hemp, poppy
Spice Medicines - Answers -pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cumin
Psychoactive Plants - Answers -hemp plant, leaves and buds
-opium poppy, sap from the seed-head
-coca leaves, chewed
-betel nut, chewed
-kava leaves, chewed
-tobacco, chewed or smoked
-peyote, mescaline
-mushrooms, psilocybin
Medicinal Minerals - Answers -clay, expels parasites
-chalk, drug vehicle
-red ochre, laxitive
-mercury, syphillis and other STIs
-arsenic, chemotherapies
-verdigris, treats ulcers + antiseptic
-gold, rheumatoid arthritis
-silver, ulcer dressings
-antimony, laxitive
-zinc, sunscreen + nappy rash
Other Ancient Medicines - Answers -raw honey
-insects, blister beetle
-animal tissues, ox gall, hair, horns
