Ten Drugs : How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine by Thomas Hager (2020, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAbrams, Inc.
ISBN-101419735225
ISBN-139781419735226
eBay Product ID (ePID)22038767025

Product Key Features

Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameTen Drugs : How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
SubjectPharmacology, History, Chemistry / General
Publication Year2020
TypeTextbook
AuthorThomas Hager
Subject AreaScience, Medical
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight10.1 Oz
Item Length8.7 in
Item Width5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2019-935423
Dewey Edition23
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal615.1/09
SynopsisBehind 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. Beginning with opium, the "joy plant," 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., 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. ?Beginning with opium, the "joy plant," 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., This wide-ranging and wildly entertaining book from award-winning science author Thomas Hager's explores how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine. 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. Beginning with opium, the "joy plant," 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. "Compulsively readable." -- Publishers Weekly
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