Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine / by Thomas Hager
By: Hager, Thomas [author].
Publisher: New York : Abrams Press, ©2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 296 p: illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781419734403; 1419734407.Other title: How plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine.Subject(s): Pharmacology -- History | Drugs -- History | Medicine -- History | Pharmaceutical technology -- HistoryGenre/Form: Print books.
Contents:
Introduction: 50,000 pills -- The joy plant -- Lady Mary's monster -- The Mickey Finn -- How to soothe your cough with heroin -- Magic bullets -- The least explored territory on the planet -- Interlude: The golden age -- Sex, drugs, and more drugs -- The enchanted ring -- Statins : a personal story -- A perfection of blood -- Epilogue: The future of drugs
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index
Introduction: 50,000 pills -- The joy plant -- Lady Mary's monster -- The Mickey Finn -- How to soothe your cough with heroin -- Magic bullets -- The least explored territory on the planet -- Interlude: The golden age -- Sex, drugs, and more drugs -- The enchanted ring -- Statins : a personal story -- A perfection of blood -- Epilogue: The future of drugs