Drugs that changed the world : how therapeutic agents shaped our lives /
Sherman, Irwin W.,
Drugs that changed the world : how therapeutic agents shaped our lives / Irwin W. Sherman. - xi, 197 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Malaria and antimalarials -- The painkiller, aspirin -- Ether, chloroform, cocaine, morphine, heroin and anesthesia -- The pill -- Diabetes and insulin -- Smallpox and vaccination -- Vaccines to combat infectious diseases -- The great pox syphilis and salvarsan -- Prontosil, pyrimethamine, and penicillin -- AIDS, HIV and antiretrovirals -- Organ transplantation and cyclosporine -- Malaria, madness and chlorpromazine.
9781498796491 (hardback : alk. paper) 1498796494 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781138575776 (paperback)
2016022679
Pharmacology--History.
Social change--History.
RM300 / .S53 2017
615.1
QV 11.1
Drugs that changed the world : how therapeutic agents shaped our lives / Irwin W. Sherman. - xi, 197 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Malaria and antimalarials -- The painkiller, aspirin -- Ether, chloroform, cocaine, morphine, heroin and anesthesia -- The pill -- Diabetes and insulin -- Smallpox and vaccination -- Vaccines to combat infectious diseases -- The great pox syphilis and salvarsan -- Prontosil, pyrimethamine, and penicillin -- AIDS, HIV and antiretrovirals -- Organ transplantation and cyclosporine -- Malaria, madness and chlorpromazine.
9781498796491 (hardback : alk. paper) 1498796494 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781138575776 (paperback)
2016022679
Pharmacology--History.
Social change--History.
RM300 / .S53 2017
615.1
QV 11.1