The Resource Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine, by Thomas Hager
Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine, by Thomas Hager
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 296 pages
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781419734403
- Label
- Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine
- Title
- Ten drugs
- Title remainder
- how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine
- Statement of responsibility
- by Thomas Hager
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- YDX
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Hager, Thomas
- Dewey number
- 615.1/09
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- RM45
- LC item number
- .H34 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Pharmacology
- Drugs
- Medicine
- Pharmaceutical technology
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine, by Thomas Hager
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9781419734403
- Lccn
- 2018939603
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1048939516
- (OCoLC)1048939516
- 1948016
- Label
- Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine, by Thomas Hager
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 296 pages
- Isbn
- 9781419734403
- Lccn
- 2018939603
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)on1048939516
- (OCoLC)1048939516
- 1948016
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