HOSA PHARMACY SCIENCE SSTUDY GUIDE TEST
WITH QUESTIONS AND WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
[GRADED A+} LATEST 2025
What was the first pharmacy school to open and when did it open - ANS✔✔--The Philadelphia
College of Apothecaries;
1821
Who was the first to have state regulation of pharmacy? When? - ANS✔✔--Territory of Orleans
(Louisiana);
1808
In what year was the pharmacy school conformed to have a certain criteria to be achieved while in
school to graduate - ANS✔✔--1932
Pharmacy practice in 1950s was about what? - ANS✔✔--Safety of the drug product
Very drug centered model
At the _________ pharmacists to see themselves as practitioners of a clinical profession -
ANS✔✔--1985 Hilton Head Conference
Pharmaceutical Care in 1990-1995 - ANS✔✔--professional relationship must be established and
maintained
Present Model
Apothecary - ANS✔✔--Latin term for pharmacist, also used as a general term to refer to the early
practice of pharmacy
Compounding - ANS✔✔--producing, mixing, or preparing a drug by combining two or more
ingredients
Pharmacy - ANS✔✔--the art and science of preparing and dispensing medication
The Age of Antiquity - ANS✔✔--time of ancient human and the great ancient empires. 5000 BCE
(BC) up through CE (AD) 499
,Ancient Humans - ANS✔✔--Studied birds and animals - to use water, leaves dirt, mud, etc for
first soothing remedies. Learned by trial and error
Ancient Mesopotamia - ANS✔✔--Babylon, cradle of civilization, earliest known record of
apothecary practice
Healers - ANS✔✔--Priest, pharmacists, and physicians all in one (around 2600 BCE)
Pen T-Sao - ANS✔✔--native herbal recording of 365 drugs, written by Emperor Shen Nung
Shen Nung - ANS✔✔--Father of chinese medicine who tasted herbs to determine their toxic
effects and died of an overdose. Write Pen T-Sao
Echelons - ANS✔✔--Gathers and preparers of drugs, similar to the modern-day pharmacy
technician
Chiefs of Fabrication - ANS✔✔--Head pharmacist
Papyrus Ebers - ANS✔✔--ancient and important pharmaceutical record in ancient Egypt, a
collection of 800 prescriptions mentioning 700 drugs. written in 1500 BCE
Charaka Samhita - ANS✔✔--recorded approximately 2,000 drugs, is the most important
pharmaceutical record for ancient India, means compendium of wandering physicians
Terra Sigilata - ANS✔✔--first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark meaning "sealed earth",
small clay tablet about the size of a aspirin
Theophrastus - ANS✔✔--One of the greatest early Greek philosophers and natural scientist.
Known as the father of botany
Hippocrates - ANS✔✔--"Founder of Medicine" Greek scientist that believed all diseases came
from natural causes. Developed the theory of humors, wrote Corpus Hippocraticum
Corpus Hippocraticum - ANS✔✔--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
Humors - ANS✔✔--Four body fluids - blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile - that, according
to an ancient theory related to a mood or personality characteristic
Pharmacy Practice History - ANS✔✔--...
German Emperor Frederick II - ANS✔✔--First person to separate medical profession from
pharmaceutical
, 16th century swiss physician Paracelsus - ANS✔✔--Stressed the need for treatment that would
be specific for a particular disease and advocated that alchemists should prepare medicine and not
gold or silver
In the 1600s-1700s, what was the educational process for pharmacists - ANS✔✔--
Apprenticeships
Pass rigid examinations
Edward Jenner - ANS✔✔--Made the small pox vaccines
Paul Ehrich - ANS✔✔--Started chemical treatment of disease
Robert Koch - ANS✔✔--Started the understanding of infectious diseases
First United States Pharmacopoeia was in what year? Who wrote it? - ANS✔✔--Not pharmacists
Hippocratic Oath - ANS✔✔--An promise made new physicians to treat all people fairly, and to
seek to preserve life. Named after a ancient Greek physician who is credited with writing it.
Mithridates VI - ANS✔✔--Known for developing and using himself and prisoners to test poisons
and antidotes
De Materia Medica - ANS✔✔--encyclopedia of remedies from plants or roots, thought to be the
first book to organize meds for what they do. Written by Pedanios Dioscorides
Galen - ANS✔✔--Practiced and taught both pharmacy and medicine in rome during 130-200 CE
First Apothecaries - ANS✔✔--Established by Arabs in the late eighteenth century separated the
arts of the apothecary and physician
Pharmacopoeia - ANS✔✔--a book containing a list of drug products used in medicine, including
their descriptions and formulas
First organization of pharmacists - ANS✔✔--King James I granted a separate company known as
the Master, wardens, and society of art and mystery of the apothecaries of the city of london
Christopher Marshall - ANS✔✔--Established an apothecary shop in Philadelphia the shop became
a leading retail store, one of the first large scale chemical manufactures, a training school for
pharmacists and an important supply depot during the American Revolution
Elizabeth Marshall - ANS✔✔--granddaughter of Christopher Marshall; took over management of
the family apothecary store and became the first american female pharmacist
America's First Hospital - ANS✔✔--founded by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1751
WITH QUESTIONS AND WELL VERIFIED ANSWERS
[GRADED A+} LATEST 2025
What was the first pharmacy school to open and when did it open - ANS✔✔--The Philadelphia
College of Apothecaries;
1821
Who was the first to have state regulation of pharmacy? When? - ANS✔✔--Territory of Orleans
(Louisiana);
1808
In what year was the pharmacy school conformed to have a certain criteria to be achieved while in
school to graduate - ANS✔✔--1932
Pharmacy practice in 1950s was about what? - ANS✔✔--Safety of the drug product
Very drug centered model
At the _________ pharmacists to see themselves as practitioners of a clinical profession -
ANS✔✔--1985 Hilton Head Conference
Pharmaceutical Care in 1990-1995 - ANS✔✔--professional relationship must be established and
maintained
Present Model
Apothecary - ANS✔✔--Latin term for pharmacist, also used as a general term to refer to the early
practice of pharmacy
Compounding - ANS✔✔--producing, mixing, or preparing a drug by combining two or more
ingredients
Pharmacy - ANS✔✔--the art and science of preparing and dispensing medication
The Age of Antiquity - ANS✔✔--time of ancient human and the great ancient empires. 5000 BCE
(BC) up through CE (AD) 499
,Ancient Humans - ANS✔✔--Studied birds and animals - to use water, leaves dirt, mud, etc for
first soothing remedies. Learned by trial and error
Ancient Mesopotamia - ANS✔✔--Babylon, cradle of civilization, earliest known record of
apothecary practice
Healers - ANS✔✔--Priest, pharmacists, and physicians all in one (around 2600 BCE)
Pen T-Sao - ANS✔✔--native herbal recording of 365 drugs, written by Emperor Shen Nung
Shen Nung - ANS✔✔--Father of chinese medicine who tasted herbs to determine their toxic
effects and died of an overdose. Write Pen T-Sao
Echelons - ANS✔✔--Gathers and preparers of drugs, similar to the modern-day pharmacy
technician
Chiefs of Fabrication - ANS✔✔--Head pharmacist
Papyrus Ebers - ANS✔✔--ancient and important pharmaceutical record in ancient Egypt, a
collection of 800 prescriptions mentioning 700 drugs. written in 1500 BCE
Charaka Samhita - ANS✔✔--recorded approximately 2,000 drugs, is the most important
pharmaceutical record for ancient India, means compendium of wandering physicians
Terra Sigilata - ANS✔✔--first therapeutic agent to bear a trademark meaning "sealed earth",
small clay tablet about the size of a aspirin
Theophrastus - ANS✔✔--One of the greatest early Greek philosophers and natural scientist.
Known as the father of botany
Hippocrates - ANS✔✔--"Founder of Medicine" Greek scientist that believed all diseases came
from natural causes. Developed the theory of humors, wrote Corpus Hippocraticum
Corpus Hippocraticum - ANS✔✔--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
Humors - ANS✔✔--Four body fluids - blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile - that, according
to an ancient theory related to a mood or personality characteristic
Pharmacy Practice History - ANS✔✔--...
German Emperor Frederick II - ANS✔✔--First person to separate medical profession from
pharmaceutical
, 16th century swiss physician Paracelsus - ANS✔✔--Stressed the need for treatment that would
be specific for a particular disease and advocated that alchemists should prepare medicine and not
gold or silver
In the 1600s-1700s, what was the educational process for pharmacists - ANS✔✔--
Apprenticeships
Pass rigid examinations
Edward Jenner - ANS✔✔--Made the small pox vaccines
Paul Ehrich - ANS✔✔--Started chemical treatment of disease
Robert Koch - ANS✔✔--Started the understanding of infectious diseases
First United States Pharmacopoeia was in what year? Who wrote it? - ANS✔✔--Not pharmacists
Hippocratic Oath - ANS✔✔--An promise made new physicians to treat all people fairly, and to
seek to preserve life. Named after a ancient Greek physician who is credited with writing it.
Mithridates VI - ANS✔✔--Known for developing and using himself and prisoners to test poisons
and antidotes
De Materia Medica - ANS✔✔--encyclopedia of remedies from plants or roots, thought to be the
first book to organize meds for what they do. Written by Pedanios Dioscorides
Galen - ANS✔✔--Practiced and taught both pharmacy and medicine in rome during 130-200 CE
First Apothecaries - ANS✔✔--Established by Arabs in the late eighteenth century separated the
arts of the apothecary and physician
Pharmacopoeia - ANS✔✔--a book containing a list of drug products used in medicine, including
their descriptions and formulas
First organization of pharmacists - ANS✔✔--King James I granted a separate company known as
the Master, wardens, and society of art and mystery of the apothecaries of the city of london
Christopher Marshall - ANS✔✔--Established an apothecary shop in Philadelphia the shop became
a leading retail store, one of the first large scale chemical manufactures, a training school for
pharmacists and an important supply depot during the American Revolution
Elizabeth Marshall - ANS✔✔--granddaughter of Christopher Marshall; took over management of
the family apothecary store and became the first american female pharmacist
America's First Hospital - ANS✔✔--founded by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia in 1751
