Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
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Word Count
80,000 words, Guess
Page Count
320 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL27338321M
- ISBN-139781419734403
- ISBN-101419734407
- OCLC Control Number1048939516
- Library of Congress Control Number2018939603
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- Amazon1419734407
Classifications
- LCCRM45.H34 2019
Description
"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."--Page [2] of cover.
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