WorksheetsPharmacy Ancient History
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The ancient Egyptians compiled lists of drugs known as:
a)
pharmacopoeias
b)
dispensatories
c)
formularies
d)
all of the above
2.
The people of ancient India used a drug called:
a)
aspirin
b)
soma
c)
psychosomatic
d)
penicillin
3.
Hippocrates is known as:
a)
the "father of pharmacology"
b)
the inventor of drugs
c)
the "father of scientific medicine"
d)
a Greek god
4.
Apothecary means:
a)
pharmacist
b)
pharmacy
c)
doctor
d)
pill roller
5.
Pharmacy comes from the Greek word ________________, meaning drug.
a)
pharmacognosy
b)
pharmakon
c)
pharmaceutical
d)
pharmakoy
6.
Claude Bernard was a French physiologist who:
a)
demonstrated that certain drugs have specific sites of action within the body
b)
grew herbs of medicinal value
c)
is considered the father of American pharmacology
d)
discovered penicillin
7.
The division between physicians and pharmacists began in America after the:
a)
Civil War
b)
World War I
c)
World War II
d)
Vietnam War
8.
Who graduated from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1837?
a)
Claude Bernard
b)
Pedanius Dioscorides
c)
William Proctor Jr.
d)
Frederick II
9.
What is Galenical Pharmacy?
a)
technique for organizing medicines
b)
establishing techniques in preparing medications (compounds)
c)
technique for classifying drugs
d)
establishing techniques for dispensing medications
10.
In early America, doctors were:
a)
responsible for diagnosing conditions
b)
responsible for preparing the necessary remedy
c)
the first druggists
d)
all of the above
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