Lecture Notes: Brief History of Pharmacy

Introduction

Channel: Equation by Pharmacist Moms
Topic: History of Pharmacy
Origin of Term:
- Greek: "Farmicon" meaning poison or medicine
- Egyptian: "Pharmacy" or "Bestower of Security"

Merriam-Webster Dictionary: Art, practice, or profession of preparing, preserving, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs
Farlek's Partner Medical Dictionary: Drugstore
Pharmacy as a Profession:
- Combines health science and chemical science
- Ensures effective and safe use of pharmaceutical drugs
Scope:
- Traditional practices: Compounding and dispensing
- Modern practices: Patient care, efficacy, safety evaluation, drug information

Hippocrates (460 BC - 370 BC):
- Known as the "Father of Medical Science"
- Used over 200 species of plants
- Doctors diagnosed and prepared medicines

1240 BC:
- King Frederick of Germany distinguished medicine from pharmacy
- Aim: Improve drug making and compounding

Paracelsus:
- Emphasized knowing active ingredients for medicinal preparations
- Developed drugs from known substances
Claudia Scalin:
- Connected disease healing with medicine theory (Pharmacology)

Abu Ali Sina (Avicenna):
- Wrote books on medicinal plants, medicine making
- Combined medical knowledge from various regions
Johann Jacob Webfer:
- Verified pharmacology and toxicology effects
- Animal experiments as preclinical testing origin

Initially developed in Greece, Middle East, Small Asia, China, other Asian regions
Spread globally, reaching America
Philadelphia, USA (1821):
- First pharmacy college established
Growth of pharmacy colleges and faculties worldwide