History of Health and Drugs

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Which Greek physician developed a more scientific approach to Western Medicine by careful observation of the patient’s condition?

Hippocrates

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What was the original Nature’s Aspirin?

White willow bark

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What was the original treatment of malaria?

Quinine

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What was the first effective local anesthetic created in 1884 by Carl Koller?

Cocaine

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The book described over 500 herbal drugs from 100 A.D.?

Charaka Samhita

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Who discovered penicillin?

Alexander Fleming

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How long does a patent last on a drug?

10 years

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Who developed the first vaccine?

Edward Jenner

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The first physician known by name was?

Imhotep

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The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry devotes about __ of its income to research and development

One-sixth

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This scientist showed that heat can be used to kill microorganisms associated with food spoilage?

Pasteur

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MTM Services are associated with which law?

Medicare Modernization Act