The Tang Materia Medica was the first <em>pharmaceutical</em> book.
Materia Medica is the Latin term for collected knowledge about healing substances. The Tang Materia medica was written circa 659 CE and it is one of many contributions by the Tang dynasty to science. The book, published by the then ruling Chinese government, is a compilation of drugs and instructions for their use. The book has 54 volumes, divided into 3 parts:
- The Main body (20 volumes) and Table of contents (1 volume).
- Pictures of medicines (25 volumes) and Table of contents (1 volume).
- Illustrated description (7 volumes).
After it was published and distributed throughout the country by the Tang government, it became the national basis for the medical practice for more than 400 years.
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Explanation:
The options to your Question are:
a) Saturday Night Massacre
b) Executive Privilege Firings
c) Nixon Cover-Up
d) Watergate Scandal
The correct answer is Option a. Saturday Night Massacre refers to President Nixon's order to fire several of his staff members who refused to follow his orders. The exact origin of this phrase could not be tracked but it first appeared in an Article of Washington Post two days following the event and the author of that article stated in the article that the event was already being termed as Saturday Night Massacre.
