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36 Cards in this Set
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Who published a study of Digitalis?
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British physician, William Withering
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Who was Avicenna and what was he known for?
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Islamic physician whose writings dominated medical thinking in Europe for centuries.
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Who was Dioscorides and what was he known for?
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Greek physician who wrote the De Materia Medica
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What company was responsible for mass production of penicillin during WWII?
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Pfizer Pharmaceuticals
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In what year was the first case of AIDS documented?
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1981
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In what year was the birth control pill introduced?
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1960
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What book would be the best source for locating information about an OTC product?
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The Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs
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What are the 3 volumes of the USP DI?
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Vol 1: Drug Info for Health Care Professionals
Vol 2: Advice for the Patient Vol 3: Approved Drug Products and Legal Requirements |
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What is the most widely used drug in the world and when was it first developed?
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Aspirin - acetylsalicylic acid, was developed in 1899
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What is Shen Nung recognized for and around what year was this done?
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He was the first practitioner of the "trial and error" method around 3000 BC.
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In what month and year what the first human insulin trial done?
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January of 1922
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What is Albert Sabin known for and in what year did this take place?
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In 1957, he developed an oral polio vaccine using a weakened form of the live virus.
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In what year was HAART put to use and what does it consist of?
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Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy
Is a combination of 1 protease inhibitor and 2 antiretroviral drugs and its use began in 1996 |
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What is Alcmaeon known for and around what year was this?
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He saw diseases as a result of a loss of the body's natural equilibrium. This was around 500 BC.
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What was King Mithridates known for and when did he do this?
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He practiced an early form of immunization by building up a tolerance to poisons in 100 BC.
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What is the Shen Nung Pen Tsao?
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Is the 1st official Chinese herbal list, consisting of 365 herbs.
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What were Galen's beliefs and around what year was this?
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Galen believed that there were 4 humours, he advocated bleeding, and he also believed in the scientific method. This was around 162 AD.
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What is the plant, sarsparilla, used to treat?
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Kidney and bladder ailments
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What is James B. Collip known for?
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He developed an extract of insulin pure enough to test on humans.
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What was Paracelsus known for and in what year was this?
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He rejected the humoural philosophy of Galen and used chemistry to create medicinal drugs. He also published a recipe for laudanum around 1500 AD.
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When was the Pen Tsao Kang Mu written and what is it?
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Was completed by Li Shi Zhen in 1580 AD. Is a compilation of 2000 drugs.
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What is quinine used to treat, where can it be found, and when was this discovered?
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In 1630 AD, quinine, which comes from the bark of a Peruvian tree called the cinchona, was used to treat malaria.
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What is Dr. Zabdiel Boylston known for and when did this happen?
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In 1721 AD, in Boston, he distributed the smallpox vaccine.
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What is Edward Jenner known for and when did he do this?
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In 1796 AD, he successfully used a vaccine from the cowpox disease to innoculate against smallpox.
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What is Frederich Serturner known for and when did he do this?
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In 1803, the German pharmacist, Serturner, extracted morphine from opium.
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When and where was the 1st publicized operation using general anesthetic, and what was the anesthetic?
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Ether was used, in Boston in 1846.
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What did Louis Pasteur discover and when?
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That microorganisms cause food spoilage and heat can be used to kill them and preserve the food. Discovered in 1864.
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What was the 1st local anesthetic, when was it first used, by who, and what are the man-made substitutes?
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Cocaine was used in 1884 by Viennese surgeon, Carl Koller. The substitutes are Procain and Novocain.
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When were antitoxins developed and what were they used for?
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In 1890, antitoxins were used to treat diptheria and tetanus.
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What did Alexander Fleming discover and when?
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He discovered penicillin, the first antibiotic, in Britain in 1928.
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What hormone did Russell Marker create from a species of Mexican yam, and when?
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In 1943, he created progesterone, the first reliable birth control drug.
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What did James Watson and Francis Crick identify, and when?
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In 1951, they identified the DNA structure.
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What did Jonas Salk develop, and when?
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In 1955, he developed a refined injectable polio vaccine from the killed polio virus. Only the injectable form from the killed virus is still used to innoculate children today.
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What is AZT, and in what year was it first used?
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It was the first FDA approved drug for the treatment of AIDS, and began to be used in 1987.
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When did the Human Genome Project begin, and what is its purpose?
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It began in 1988, and it is to map the entire DNA sequence.
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What is Amgen?
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A biotech company whose first product, Epogen, which is used to treat anemia in dialysis patients, was introduced in 1989.
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