The Knowledge of drugs and their uses for disease are old as history of mankind. Primitive man (ancient) gather the knowledge of healing and medicines by observing the nature noticing the animals while I'll and personal experience often consuming plants and herbs as remedies. They discovered that extracts from plant, animals had medicinal effects on body tissue.
Historical landmark:
Hippocrates (460-375BC): A Greek physician consider "father of medicines" he was the first person who recognise disease as abnormal use of metabolic salts for the treatment of disease.
Paracelsus (1493-1541): grand father of pharmacology he introduces the use of chemicals for treatment of disease.
Modern pharmacology:
Oswald schmiedebeg (1838-1921) father of pharmacology he established pharmacology as an independent discipline and estimation of chloroform in blood.
John Jacob Abel (1857-1938): isolation of histamine (stant allergic response) from pituitary (vasodilation etc.). Preparation of pure crystalline insulin.
Poul Ehrlich (1854-1915): poul Ehrlich was a Nobel prize winner father of chemotherapy find a cure for syphilis in 1909 (used arsenical for syphilis).
Alexander Fleming (1881-1955): Scottish physician. He discovered world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance which he named penicillin.
Ramnath Chopra (1882-1873): He was an Indian medical service officer (IMS). Father of Indian pharmacology. Systemic study of Indian medicinal plants.
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