Ancient remedies -- A garden of simples -- Patent cures and medicine shows -- Formalizing pharmacology -- A world of wonder drugs -- Preemptive strikes -- Biological systems management -- Miracles in the medicine cabinet -- From the laboratory to the pharmacy -- Producing modern pills and potions -- New uses for old drugs -- When drugs go wrong -- Back to the Garden? -- Herbalists and scientists -- Warning signs -- Drug-resistant germs -- The perils of medicine -- Distribution woes -- Future trends in pharmacology.
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