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Author:

Hager, Thomas, author.

Title:

Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine / by Thomas Hager.

Publisher:

Abrams Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Pharmacology--History.
Drugs--History.
Medicine--History.
Pharmaceutical technology--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: 50,000 pills -- The joy plant -- 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.

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. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book."--Page [2] of cover.

ISBN:

1419734407
9781419734403

LCCN:

2018939603

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

SMPE094 -- Waverly Public Library (Waverly)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)