Medical Difference between medicine and pharmacy

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The discussion centers on the historical and contemporary distinctions between medicine and pharmacy. It references a pharmacy technician book that notes the first pharmacy shop appeared in Baghdad around 652 AD, marking a significant point in the separation of pharmacy from medicine, which was influenced by the development of hospitals. The conversation questions whether this separation still holds true today, suggesting that the gap between the two fields has diminished. Medicine is described as a broad discipline focused on restoring health, while pharmacy is defined as the practice of utilizing drugs and chemicals in medical treatment. The term "pharma" originates from Greek, meaning both toxin and drug, highlighting the dual nature of pharmacology. The discussion implies that while historically distinct, the roles of medicine and pharmacy are increasingly interconnected in modern healthcare.
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what is the difference between medicine and pharmacy?

according to pharmacy technician book i was reading...

"The first pharmacy shop appeared in Baghdad in about 652AD. This is the earliest documentation of the existence and operation of a privately owned pharmacy shop. The development of hospitals also played a role in the separation of pharmacy from medicine."

This book is supposed to be about test-prep. so about everything here is a test question.
It said in around 652AD pharmacy was separated from medicine. Sure in the old days, maybe it was possible to separate them as pharmacy being more scientific and medicine being more trial and error. But the gap between medicine and pharmacy no longer exist...
So is there actual difference between those two? If there are what would they be?

Or should I assume that medicine in this last sentence meant something for doctors/physicians?
 
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Acuben said:
what is the difference between medicine and pharmacy?

according to pharmacy technician book i was reading...

"The first pharmacy shop appeared in Baghdad in about 652AD. This is the earliest documentation of the existence and operation of a privately owned pharmacy shop. The development of hospitals also played a role in the separation of pharmacy from medicine."

This book is supposed to be about test-prep. so about everything here is a test question.
It said in around 652AD pharmacy was separated from medicine. Sure in the old days, maybe it was possible to separate them as pharmacy being more scientific and medicine being more trial and error. But the gap between medicine and pharmacy no longer exist...
So is there actual difference between those two? If there are what would they be?

Or should I assume that medicine in this last sentence meant something for doctors/physicians?

Medicine is a broad field concerned with the science and practice of restoring health (both physical and psychological). Pharmacology is the practise of utilising chemicals/drugs (interestingly "pharma" was actually greek for toxin as well as drug) to medicine.
 
that makes sense, considering that the "field of medicine" is often used on doctor.

thanks =D
 

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