Pharmacology MCQ 03

Q- Anciently Chenopodium was used by _______ for intestinal worms

A.    Chinese

B.     Paracelsus

C.     Aztecs

D.    None of the above

 

Answer: - C

 

            Description: - The history of chemotherapy may be divided into 3 Phases

            1) The period of empirical use

            2)  Ehrlich’s phase

            3)  The modern era of chemotherapy

      In the period of empirical use, Aztecs uses Chenopodium for the treatment of intestinal worms

Reference:- Tripathi K D.“Essentials of Medical Pharmacology”, 7th Edition, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi: 2013; 688.

Pharmacology MCQ 02

 

Pharmacotherapeutics is define as

A.    Application of Pharmacological information together with the knowledge of disease

B.     Application of Pharmacological information

C.     Knowledge of disease

D.    None of the above

 

Answer: - A

 

Description: - Pharmacotherapeutics It is the application of pharmacological information together with knowledge of the disease for its prevention, mitigation or cure.

 

Reference:- Tripathi K D.“Essentials of Medical Pharmacology”, 7th Edition, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi: 2013; 02.

Pharmacology MCQ 01

_______________ is known as "father of Pharmacology"

A. Rudolf Buchheim

B. Oswald Schemiedeberg

C. William Withering

D. Nicholas Culpeper

Answer:- B

 

Description:- In the later part of the 19^th century, Oswald Schmiedeberg, regarded as the “father of pharmacology”, together with his many disciples like J Langley, T Frazer, P Ehrlich, AJ Clark, JJ Abel propounded some of the fundamental concepts in pharmacology.

Reference:- Tripathi K D.“Essentials of Medical Pharmacology”, 7th Edition, Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd, New Delhi: 2013; 01.