药理学真正成为一门现代科学是从19世纪开始的,但是早在16世纪末,我国伟大的医药学家李时珍便已经开始了实验药理学的实践。纵观《本草纲目》一书,实验药理学的记载比比皆是,然而在当时的社会条件下,李时珍所能做的只不过是一些朴素的药理实验罢了。一、简明的“试管内”实验“试管内”(In vitro)实验,指的是一切体外进行的实验和观察,李时珍的实验其方法之巧,实验 Pharmacology has truly become a modern science since the 19th century, but as early as the end of the 16th century, Li Shizhen, a great medical scientist in China, has already started practicing experimental pharmacology. Throughout the book Compendium of Materia Medica, the records of experimental pharmacology can be found everywhere. However, under the social conditions at that time, what Li could do was just some simple pharmacological experiments. 1. Concise “in vitro” experiments “In vitro” experiments refer to all experiments and observations performed in vitro, and Li Shizhen’s experiments are methodical and experimental.