History of Pharmacology

Egyptian percriptions called for castor oil,opium and other drugs we still use today

Sep 9, 1000

1500BCE*

earliest known perscriptions

Jan 1, 1200

2100BCE*

Cocaine first extracted from Coco leaves

Oct 9, 1860

science of pharmacology

May 11, 1865

is less than 150yrs old

Salicylic acid exracted from willow bark

Dec 12, 1874

Development of Antipyrine

Nov 9, 1883

Developed rabies vaccine

Sep 18, 1885

developed by Pasteur

Phenacetin was developed

Nov 16, 1887

phenacetin is a pain reliever developed by Bayer from synthetic drug discovery research

first isolated antibodies

Jul 9, 1890

emil von behring and shibasaburo kitasato isolated the first antibodies against tetanus and diphtheria.

Myedema was treated with sheep thyroid injections

Dec 9, 1891

tuberculin antitoxin was developed

Jan 9, 1892

developed by Hoechst Pharma

Addisons disease was treated

Feb 9, 1896

it was treated with chopped adrenal glands from a pig

Development of Asprin

Nov 9, 1897

Asprin first marketed

Sep 9, 1899

AB blood group discovered

Sep 30, 1902

Allergies first described as a reaction to foreign protiens

Oct 9, 1905

discovered by clemens von pirquet and the word "hormone" was coined.

PH could be measured

Aug 9, 1909

first pharmacology department

Sep 9, 1966

first pharmacology department was at the university of michigan

brazillan wasp venom kills cancer cells

Mar 4, 2015