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Pharmacy historically is the profession of dispensing medication. More recently, the term has come to include other functions related to patient care (clinical functions), some of which are now mandated by federal or state law. These includemonitoring drug orders for appropriateness, for adverse drug interactions and following the course the doctor is allowed to dispense drugs by themselves and the practice of pharmacy is integrated with that of the physician. Where so regulated, only pharmacists may dispense certain pharmaceuticals, typically narcotics and antibiotics. A pharmacy is also a place where pharmacists practice the profession of pharmacy. Many retailers now include a pharmacy as department of their store.
THEOPHRASTUS - FATHER OF BOTANY
Theophrastus (about 300 B.C.), among the greatest early Greek philosophers and natural scientists, is called the "father of botany." His observations and writings dealing with the medical qualities and peculiarities of herbs are unusually accurate, holds a branch of belladonna. Behind him are pomegranate blooms, senna, and manuscript scrolls. Slabs of ivory, coated with colored beeswax, served the students as "slates." Writing was cut into the surface with a stylus.
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