num_pages: 240
description: This absorbing account of the evolution of modern medicine from its roots in folk medicine will entertain and inform both scientist and general reader alike. It explains the chemical basis of pharmacology, and provides a fascinating description of how the use and abuse of natural products in various societies throughout the ages has led to the development of many of the drugs we now take for granted.
language: English
title: Murder, Magic, and Medicine
titlecomplete: Murder, Magic, and Medicine
genres: Medicine, History, Science, Religion, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 43
publisher: Oxford University Press