HOSA PHARMACY SCIENCE STUDY
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,Edward Jenner Made the small pox vaccines
Paul Ehrich Started chemical treatment of disease
Robert Koch Started the understanding of infectious diseases
First United States Pharmacopoeia was in what year? Who Not pharmacists
wrote it?
What was the first pharmacy school to open and when did it The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries;
open 1821
Who was the first to have state regulation of pharmacy? Territory of Orleans (Louisiana);
When? 1808
In what year was the pharmacy school conformed to have a 1932
certain criteria to be achieved while in school to graduate
Pharmacy practice in 1950s was about what? Safety of the drug product
Very drug centered model
At the _________ pharmacists to see themselves as practitioners 1985 Hilton Head Conference
of a clinical profession
Pharmaceutical Care in 1990-1995 professional relationship must be established and maintained
Present Model
Apothecary Latin term for pharmacist, also used as a general term to refer to the early practice
of pharmacy
Compounding producing, mixing, or preparing a drug by combining two or more ingredients
Pharmacy the art and science of preparing and dispensing medication
The Age of Antiquity time of ancient human and the great ancient empires. 5000 BCE (BC) up through
CE (AD) 499
, Ancient Humans Studied birds and animals - to use water, leaves dirt, mud, etc for first soothing
remedies. Learned by trial and error
Ancient Mesopotamia Babylon, cradle of civilization, earliest known record of apothecary practice
Healers Priest, pharmacists, and physicians all in one (around 2600 BCE)
Pen T-Sao native herbal recording of 365 drugs, written by Emperor Shen Nung
Shen Nung Father of chinese medicine who tasted herbs to determine their toxic effects and
died of an overdose. Write Pen T-Sao
Echelons Gathers and preparers of drugs, similar to the modern-day pharmacy technician
Chiefs of Fabrication Head pharmacist
Papyrus Ebers ancient and important pharmaceutical record in ancient Egypt, a collection of 800
prescriptions mentioning 700 drugs. written in 1500 BCE
Charaka Samhita recorded approximately 2,000 drugs, is the most important pharmaceutical record
for ancient India, means compendium of wandering physicians
Terra Sigilata first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark meaning "sealed earth", small clay
tablet about the size of a aspirin
Theophrastus One of the greatest early Greek philosophers and natural scientist. Known as the
father of botany
Hippocrates "Founder of Medicine" Greek scientist that believed all diseases came from natural
causes. Developed the theory of humors, wrote Corpus Hippocraticum
Corpus Hippocraticum written by hippocrates, this text was among the first to reject the idea that
illnesses were mystical or caused by demonic forces and proposed a more
scientific view of medicine
GUIDE FOR TEST | PRACTICE
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Updated 2026 Questions and Answers | 100% Verified
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,Edward Jenner Made the small pox vaccines
Paul Ehrich Started chemical treatment of disease
Robert Koch Started the understanding of infectious diseases
First United States Pharmacopoeia was in what year? Who Not pharmacists
wrote it?
What was the first pharmacy school to open and when did it The Philadelphia College of Apothecaries;
open 1821
Who was the first to have state regulation of pharmacy? Territory of Orleans (Louisiana);
When? 1808
In what year was the pharmacy school conformed to have a 1932
certain criteria to be achieved while in school to graduate
Pharmacy practice in 1950s was about what? Safety of the drug product
Very drug centered model
At the _________ pharmacists to see themselves as practitioners 1985 Hilton Head Conference
of a clinical profession
Pharmaceutical Care in 1990-1995 professional relationship must be established and maintained
Present Model
Apothecary Latin term for pharmacist, also used as a general term to refer to the early practice
of pharmacy
Compounding producing, mixing, or preparing a drug by combining two or more ingredients
Pharmacy the art and science of preparing and dispensing medication
The Age of Antiquity time of ancient human and the great ancient empires. 5000 BCE (BC) up through
CE (AD) 499
, Ancient Humans Studied birds and animals - to use water, leaves dirt, mud, etc for first soothing
remedies. Learned by trial and error
Ancient Mesopotamia Babylon, cradle of civilization, earliest known record of apothecary practice
Healers Priest, pharmacists, and physicians all in one (around 2600 BCE)
Pen T-Sao native herbal recording of 365 drugs, written by Emperor Shen Nung
Shen Nung Father of chinese medicine who tasted herbs to determine their toxic effects and
died of an overdose. Write Pen T-Sao
Echelons Gathers and preparers of drugs, similar to the modern-day pharmacy technician
Chiefs of Fabrication Head pharmacist
Papyrus Ebers ancient and important pharmaceutical record in ancient Egypt, a collection of 800
prescriptions mentioning 700 drugs. written in 1500 BCE
Charaka Samhita recorded approximately 2,000 drugs, is the most important pharmaceutical record
for ancient India, means compendium of wandering physicians
Terra Sigilata first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark meaning "sealed earth", small clay
tablet about the size of a aspirin
Theophrastus One of the greatest early Greek philosophers and natural scientist. Known as the
father of botany
Hippocrates "Founder of Medicine" Greek scientist that believed all diseases came from natural
causes. Developed the theory of humors, wrote Corpus Hippocraticum
Corpus Hippocraticum written by hippocrates, this text was among the first to reject the idea that
illnesses were mystical or caused by demonic forces and proposed a more
scientific view of medicine
