Exam 1: History of Medicine and Pharmacy

Who is considered the "Father of Medicine?"

What is the name of the first pharmacy school in the United States, which opened in 1821?

Today, licensure for pharmacists includes:

The first pharmacy operated by a registered pharmacist opened in what city in 1823?

What was the first synthetic antibiotic discovered?

Who discovered penicillin?

Why are the roles of pharmacy technicians expanding to include duties that used to be limited only to pharmacists?

Apothecary can mean a(n):

Which of the following choices best describes sources of materials for remedies in ancient times?

The first pharmacy technicians:

During the Civil War, many soldiers died from ______________.

In the 1700s in early North America, who prepared remedies to cure the new immigrant patients?

In what language were medicinal recipes (prescriptions) written until the 1900s?

In early American history, many people died of mercury poisoning, since mercury was used to treat:

Which of the following is not a specialty certification offered through the National Pharmacy Technician Association (NPTA) for pharmacy technicians?

Which medication(s) come(s) from plants?

Laudanum, which is a combination of opium and alcohol that was used during the Civil War for multiple conditions, was problematic for what reason?

In what year was the PTCB, responsible for creating the PTCB examination, formed?

The first vaccine, developed in 1796, was for the prevention of which condition?

What is the purpose of using maggots in medicine?