A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century
To Be Taken Three Times a Day
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Word Count
85,000 words, Guess
Page Count
340 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL9598049M
- ISBN-139780789018458
- ISBN-100789018454
- OCLC Control Number52377502
- OCLC Control Numbersocialhistoryofm0000crel
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2003012397
- Goodreads6893120
- LibraryThing6903221
Classifications
- LCCRM45.C74 2004
Description
Takes the reader through a complexity of issues to explore why, throughout the twentieth century, physicians and sick people on both sides of the Atlantic prescribed or chose a particular medicine--perhaps validated it--often when others felt it was of little or no value or remained uncertain of it.
First Sentence
This book examines the social, medical, and pharmaceutical influences that shaped the everyday availability and usage of medicines in the twentieth century.
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Other Editions
- A Social History of Medicines in the Twentieth Century: To Be Taken Three Times a Day
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