History of Science 2220 Lecture 12: Lecture 12 January 15 - Pharm.docx
11 Mar 2014
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Drugs, medicines and pharmaceuticals: have been described many different ways, term changes over time. 1. dispensing physician - refers to physician that is the prescriber and the provider, started to be less and less common dying out by end of 19th century. 2. apothecary shop - apothecary is historical name for pharmacist, responsible for compounding and despencing. 3. general store- stocked with goods needed by everyone. 4. wholesale druggist - intermediary, work between manufacturers and retail outlets: pharmacy has evolved very differently, jan 1820 - important meeting in washington, members of sennat(spsorry) coming together to work on national. Pharmacopeia: chosen physicians to help them with this, pharmacopeia - book listing drugs and other medical devices recognized by authority. 1. first informs research ethics board of this - toxic etc told them to shut the trials down and stop the testing.
