Malaria and antimalarials -- The painkiller, aspirin -- Ether, chloroform, cocaine, morphine, heroin and anesthesia -- The pill -- Diabetes and insulin -- Smallpox and vaccination -- Vaccines to combat infectious diseases -- The great pox syphilis and salvarsan -- Prontosil, pyrimethamine, and penicillin -- AIDS, HIV and antiretrovirals -- Organ transplantation and cyclosporine -- Malaria, madness and chlorpromazine.
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