Pharmaceutical Care
I. General Principles of Health Care
Sickness
- has been one of man’s greatest adversaries
Medicine
- Latin word “medicus”
- it is a HEALING ART
- Aims to help people become more active, live longer, live happier lives with less suffering and disability.
- has become a part of the health care industry
* AT THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY (1900):
- men and women were frail at the age of 40.
- life expectancy was 47.3 years.
* BY THE AND OF THE 20th CENTURY:
- Medical Advances
- Life expectancy increased to 76 years.
* TODAY:
- People in their 80’s and 90’s are independent and physically active.
- Medical Advances have been expensive
HISTORY OF HEALTH CARE
- Diseases were warded off by incantations, dancing, magic, charms & talismans.
TREPANNING
- the perimeter of the hole in the Skull is rounded off in growth of new bony tissue, indicating that the patients survived the operation.
- Remedy for insanity, epilepsy and headache. • Dr. John Clarke - First physician to perform the operation in U.S.
SPINNIG TREATMENT
- was one of many treatments that attempted to rid the body of mental through physical means.
THE SPREAD EAGLE
- used to treat disorderly patients
- cold water was poured from a height over the person’s face until the patient is calm.
MILD ELECTRIC SHOCK
- used to stimulate the muscles and the mind
- used to cure mental illness called FARADIZATION.
* Cleaning and treating wounds by CAUTERY (burning or searing tissue), POULTICES, and SUTURES.
* Resetting dislocations and fractures by using SPLINTS to support or immobilize broken bones.
* Discovery of NARCOTICS and stimulating properties of certain plant extracts. ○ DIGOXIN – a heart stimulant extracted from FOXGLOVE (Digitalis purpurea). ○ OPIUM POPPY (Papaver somniferum) - source of may opiates including MORPHINE (heroine), THEBANE, CODEINE, PAPAVERINE and
Sickness
- has been one of man’s greatest adversaries
Medicine
- Latin word “medicus”
- it is a HEALING ART
- Aims to help people become more active, live longer, live happier lives with less suffering and disability.
- has become a part of the health care industry
* AT THE TURN OF THE 20th CENTURY (1900):
- men and women were frail at the age of 40.
- life expectancy was 47.3 years.
* BY THE AND OF THE 20th CENTURY:
- Medical Advances
- Life expectancy increased to 76 years.
* TODAY:
- People in their 80’s and 90’s are independent and physically active.
- Medical Advances have been expensive
HISTORY OF HEALTH CARE
- Diseases were warded off by incantations, dancing, magic, charms & talismans.
TREPANNING
- the perimeter of the hole in the Skull is rounded off in growth of new bony tissue, indicating that the patients survived the operation.
- Remedy for insanity, epilepsy and headache. • Dr. John Clarke - First physician to perform the operation in U.S.
SPINNIG TREATMENT
- was one of many treatments that attempted to rid the body of mental through physical means.
THE SPREAD EAGLE
- used to treat disorderly patients
- cold water was poured from a height over the person’s face until the patient is calm.
MILD ELECTRIC SHOCK
- used to stimulate the muscles and the mind
- used to cure mental illness called FARADIZATION.
* Cleaning and treating wounds by CAUTERY (burning or searing tissue), POULTICES, and SUTURES.
* Resetting dislocations and fractures by using SPLINTS to support or immobilize broken bones.
* Discovery of NARCOTICS and stimulating properties of certain plant extracts. ○ DIGOXIN – a heart stimulant extracted from FOXGLOVE (Digitalis purpurea). ○ OPIUM POPPY (Papaver somniferum) - source of may opiates including MORPHINE (heroine), THEBANE, CODEINE, PAPAVERINE and