First people that record how to use drugs are Chinese people called oriental medicine
Pen Tsao
Earliest compilation of drugs, which was written by Emperor Shengnung of china in about 2,700 B.C.
Code of Hammurabi
Describe penalties for malpractices of practitioner
Kahun papyrus
Oldest record of Egyptian drugs
Ebers papyrus
Compilation of diseases conditions and prescriptions
Hippocrates
Greatest teacher of medicine, "father of medicine"
Oaths
Human medicine oath – Hippocratic oath
Vet – veterinarians oath
Vis medicatrix nature
Concept of the healing power of nature, Hippocrates theory
Aristotle
Formed the scientific basis of medicine
Theophrastus
Systemically classifies medicinal plants
Carolus Linnaeus
Established the modern scientific method of naming plants and animals, father of taxonomy
Dioscorides
Compiled 1st. Materia medica
Materia medica
Old study of pharmacology. Extract medicine from plant then use in diseases
Galen
Deals with physiology and materia medica
Publius Vegetius
Compiled a treatise that included prescriptions for farm animals, father of veterinary medicine
Geber Ibn Hjar
Classified drugs and poison
Valerius Cordus
Compiled the 1st pharmacopeia (book with drug compilation)
William Harvey
Discovered the circulation of blood and indicated that drug were distributed to various parts of the body by this means
Christopher Wren
1630, make the 1st I.V. injection of drugs into a dog
Alexander Wood
1850, devised the 1st hypodermic needle and syringe
Theoprastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim
Introduced the clinical use of opium or laudanum (from a poppy plant), Also called himself Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus
Fredrich Serturner
Isolated the narcotic substance of opium and called it morphine after Morpheus
Edward Jenner
Discovered the vaccine against small pox
Francois Magendie
Established the foundation for modern pharmacology (drug action, D-R. relationship, drug disposition)
William Withering
Observed the use of foxglove (plant) in the Tx of drops
Rudolph Buchheim
Established the 1st independent laboratory devoted exclusively to the study of pharmacology, "father of Pharmacology"
John Abel
"Father of Pharmacology in U.S"
Paul Ehrlich
1910, reported the synthesis of arsphenamine which in an anti-syphilitic drug, anti-trypanosomal drug – for typanosoma evansi, 1st antibacterial drug possessing specificity for invading pathogens, "Father of chemotherapy"
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