I. Etymology
The Greek term for pharmacology (ὁ περὶ φαρμάκων λόγος/ho perì pharmákōn lógos, Pedanius Dioscorides, De materia medica praef. 5) means 'science of remedies'. Originally, the term φάρμακον/phármakon, whose etymology is not known, did not specifically refer to a medical drug, but to any substance introdu…