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.
Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine / by Thomas Hager.
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Publisher
New York : Abrams Press, [2019]
Call Numbers
G 2019/2660
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Language
English
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Physical content
296 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
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...
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Publisher
New York : Abrams Press, [2019]
Date Published
[2019]
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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 emp...
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Ten drugs : how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine / by Thomas Hager.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-285) and index.
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Date Copyright
©2019
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G 2019/2660
Record Identifier
74VKVB8jerbg
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVB8jerbg
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ISBN
9781419734403
DDC
615.109
MMS ID
991024242103902626
