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Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine

Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine

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Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our culture and the practice of medicine.Ā 

​Beginning with opium, the ā€œjoy plant,ā€ which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.

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ISBN : 9781419735226
BY (AUTHOR) Hager, Thomas
PUBLISHER : Abrams PUBLICATION DATE : April 07, 2020
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States IMPRINT : Abrams Press
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback
DIMENSION : 210 mm x 139 mm
WEIGHT : 310 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Medicine & Nursing
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DESCRIPTION :
Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our culture and the practice of medicine.Ā 

​Beginning with opium, the ā€œjoy plant,ā€ which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.

PRODUCT DETAILS :
ISBN : 9781419735226
BY (AUTHOR) Hager, Thomas
PUBLISHER : Abrams PUBLICATION DATE : April 07, 2020
COUNTRY OF PUBLICATION : United States IMPRINT : Abrams Press
LANGUAGE : English AGE : General
PRODUCT FORM : Paperback / softback
DIMENSION : 210 mm x 139 mm
WEIGHT : 310 g

PRODUCT CATEGORY :
Medicine & Nursing
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