Answer: D
One of the primary
pioneering figure in the founding of pharmacy practices is Pedanios Dioscorides who wrote a five-volume book
in his native Greek, but known in Western Europe more often by its Latin
title De Materia Medica or
("On Medical Material"), which became the precursor to all modern
pharmacopeias. His book is the prime historical source of information about the
medicines used by the Greeks, Romans, and other cultures of antiquity.
