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WorksheetsHistory of Pharmacy PCY 101 PART 1
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 17mins
In a class debate, Ada argues that early humans discovered remedies by watching animals. Her view aligns with evidence from:
Babylonian clay tablets
Prehistoric trial-and-error
Shen Nung’s herbal tests
Egyptian papyri
A museum exhibit shows a 1500 B.C. scroll listing 800 prescriptions. Chidi correctly identifies it as the:
Rosetta Stone
Papyrus Ebers
Hearst Papyrus
Edwin Smith Papyrus
While visiting an ancient Egyptian display, Uche learns drugs were made in the:
Temple of Ra
House of Life
Royal Court
Sacred Grove
During a toxicology lecture, Femi hears Mithridates VI tested antidotes on:
Volunteers only
Himself and prisoners
Trained physicians
Domestic animals
A student researching early trademarks learns that Terra Sigillata was:
A royal decree
Sealed medicinal clay
A priestly oath
A herbal catalog
In a botany seminar, Blessing notes Dioscorides traveled with armies to:
Fight wars
Study medicinal plants
Trade spices
Preach religion
A history quiz asks how long Galen’s compounding principles lasted. Correct answer:
500 years
1,000 years
1,500 years
2,000 years
While studying medieval Europe, Ngozi learns pharmacy knowledge was preserved in:
Royal courts
Monasteries
Marketplaces
Military camps
Femi reads that the first private drug stores were established in 8th-century:
Athens
Rome
Baghdad
Cairo
A lecture notes Avicenna’s writings were used in Europe until the:
12th century
15th century
17th century
19th century
Chidi learns pharmacy was separated from medicine in 1240 by:
Pope Gregory
Frederick II
King James I
Saladin
The first official pharmacopoeia was published in 1498 in:
London
Paris
Florence
Venice
London apothecaries separated from the Grocers’ Company in:
1517
1617
1717
1817
Uche discovers Louis Hébert was the first pharmacist in:
Jamaica
Canada
Ghana
India
A tour guide says America’s first hospital pharmacy opened in 1752 in:
Boston
New York
Philadelphia
Quebec
In a chemistry class, Ada learns Scheele discovered all EXCEPT:
Oxygen
Chlorine
Penicillin
Glycerin
A pharmacology student states Sertürner proved the existence of:
Vitamins
Enzymes
Alkaloids
Hormones
Femi reads that Caventou and Pelletier isolated quinine from:
Opium
Cinchona bark
Willow bark
Foxglove
A history project notes the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy was founded in:
1801
1821
1852
1868
Blessing learns the Shakers sold compressed medicinal:
Powders
Herbs
Tablets
Syrups
The American Pharmaceutical Association was founded in:
1821
1852
1868
1900
At an international conference, Procter, Jr. argued pharmacy should be regulated by:
Government laws
Public opinion
Church doctrine
University exams
Prescott revolutionized pharmacy education by introducing:
Apprenticeships
Lab-based science
Online courses
Herbal exams
The first U.S. Pharmacopoeia (1820) was created by:
Pharmacists
Physicians
The Shakers
The military
Parke, Davis & Co. pioneered standardization using:
Gelatin capsules
Normal liquids
Color labels
Ampoules
Rusby’s 1884 expedition collected 45,000 specimens from:
China
Egypt
Amazon
Himalayas
Limousin invented all EXCEPT:
Ampoules
Medicine dropper
Morphine tablets
Poison coloring
The biologicals era began with production of:
Penicillin
Diphtheria antitoxin
Smallpox vaccine
Quinine
Fourneau advanced syphilis treatment using:
Penicillin
Bismuth and arsenic
Mercury
Gold salts
Penicillin was mass-produced during:
WWI
WWII
Korean War
Cold War
The 1271 Basle Oath shows pharmacy was seen as a:
Trade
Ethical profession
Royal duty
Religious rite
Saladin de Asculo required pharmacists to be:
Wealthy
Honest and skilled
Noble-born
Military-trained
Hippocrates is credited with all EXCEPT:
Four humors
Hippocratic Oath
Isolating alkaloids
Rational medicine
Koch established germ-disease links through:
Vaccines
Postulates
Herbs
Antidotes
Pasteur did NOT develop a vaccine for:
Rabies
Anthrax
Smallpox
Chicken cholera
“Galenicals” refer to drugs made by:
Synthesis
Mechanical compounding
Fermentation
Distillation
The “House of Life” was a center for:
Worship
Medical practice
Trade
Education
Dioscorides’ work remained influential until the:
10th century
12th century
16th century
18th century
Mithridatum remained popular for over:
500 years
1,000 years
1,500 years
2,000 years
Shaker “bricks” were made of pressed:
Minerals
Herbs
Fats
Resins
Christopher Marshall’s pharmacy was managed by his granddaughter:
Mary
Elizabeth
Sarah
Jane
U.S. Biological License No. 1 (1903) was for:
Rabies vaccine
Diphtheria antitoxin
Tetanus serum
Smallpox lymph
“Chemotherapy” means using chemicals to:
Clean wounds
Fight disease organisms
Preserve bodies
Enhance herbs
The antibiotic era “flowered” in the:
1920s
1940s
1960s
1980s
Avicenna was a pharmacist, poet, physician, and:
Soldier
Diplomat
Farmer
Sailor
Pharmacy evolved primarily because:
Herbalism faded
Science replaced trial-and-error
Governments banned healers
Trade demanded uniformity
Shen Nung is said to have tested herbs on:
Animals
Prisoners
Himself
Volunteers
Egyptian prescriptions used vehicles like beer, honey, and:
Vinegar
Wine
Olive oil
Urine
Theophrastus is called the “Father of”:
Medicine
Botany
Chemistry
Anatomy
Saints Damian and Cosmas were martyred in:
250 A.D.
303 A.D.
400 A.D.
500 A.D.
