HISTORY OF PHARMACY Ppt
HISTORY OF
PHARMACY
HISTORY OF PHARMACY
The evolution of the profession of pharmacy can be divided into five historical periods:
1. ANCIENT ERA-The beginning of time to
AD 1600
2. EMPIRIC ERA-1600-1940
3. INDUSTRIALIZATION ERA-1940-1970
4. PATIENT CARE ERA-1970-present
5. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC
ENGINEERING ERA-The new horizon
ANCIENT ERA
Used leaves, mud, and cool water to stop bleeding and heal wounds They used these methods by observing how animals heal their wounds Documented experiences of healing onto clay tablets which provided the earliest known written record.
In Babylonia the earliest record of the practice of pharmacy by the priest, pharmacist, and physician was kept. This is where the science of drugs, organized pharmacy and medicine had its beginnings. Chinese used herbs
Hippocrates-The Father of Medicine
Theophrastus-The Father of Botany-early scientist.
Mithridates-Father of Toxicology-Studied the adverse effects of plants. ANCIENT ERA
Dioscorides-Father of Pharmacology. During the
Roman period.
Cosmos and Damien-Saints of Pharmacy and
Medicine-twin s who represent the closeness of medicine and pharmacy. Doctors would also find medicines to treat patients.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the division of pharmacy and medicine evolved. Three major advances in pharmacy occurred at this time: 1. The formulary –a continuation of the documentation of the knowledge of specific drug information to be used by pharmacists. 2.
Dosage form-drugs were no longer harvested from herb gardens. They were incorporated into
EMPIRIC ERA
The Pharmacopeia became a regulatory tool for pharmacists. Benjamin Franklin started the first hospital in 1751. It had a pharmacy and the first hospital pharmacist was
Jonathan Roberts.
1821 The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy was founded. William Proctor-The father of American Pharmacy. He devoted his time and attention to the advancement of pharmacy. He owned an apothecary
PHARMACY
HISTORY OF PHARMACY
The evolution of the profession of pharmacy can be divided into five historical periods:
1. ANCIENT ERA-The beginning of time to
AD 1600
2. EMPIRIC ERA-1600-1940
3. INDUSTRIALIZATION ERA-1940-1970
4. PATIENT CARE ERA-1970-present
5. BIOTECHNOLOGY AND GENETIC
ENGINEERING ERA-The new horizon
ANCIENT ERA
Used leaves, mud, and cool water to stop bleeding and heal wounds They used these methods by observing how animals heal their wounds Documented experiences of healing onto clay tablets which provided the earliest known written record.
In Babylonia the earliest record of the practice of pharmacy by the priest, pharmacist, and physician was kept. This is where the science of drugs, organized pharmacy and medicine had its beginnings. Chinese used herbs
Hippocrates-The Father of Medicine
Theophrastus-The Father of Botany-early scientist.
Mithridates-Father of Toxicology-Studied the adverse effects of plants. ANCIENT ERA
Dioscorides-Father of Pharmacology. During the
Roman period.
Cosmos and Damien-Saints of Pharmacy and
Medicine-twin s who represent the closeness of medicine and pharmacy. Doctors would also find medicines to treat patients.
After the fall of the Roman Empire, the division of pharmacy and medicine evolved. Three major advances in pharmacy occurred at this time: 1. The formulary –a continuation of the documentation of the knowledge of specific drug information to be used by pharmacists. 2.
Dosage form-drugs were no longer harvested from herb gardens. They were incorporated into
EMPIRIC ERA
The Pharmacopeia became a regulatory tool for pharmacists. Benjamin Franklin started the first hospital in 1751. It had a pharmacy and the first hospital pharmacist was
Jonathan Roberts.
1821 The Philadelphia College of Pharmacy was founded. William Proctor-The father of American Pharmacy. He devoted his time and attention to the advancement of pharmacy. He owned an apothecary