The First Miracle Drugs: How the Sulfa Drugs Transformed Medicine
"The book's strongest points--and most enjoyable--deal with the cultural, political, and economic influences on drug development...I found the book valuable as an insightful record of the history of the first miracle drugs."--Doody's"The lesson...gleaned from readingThe First Miracle Drugsis that it is possible to facilitate creative discovery, in this case of lifesaving drugs, through a systematic program that supports interdisciplinary research."--JAMA"Lesch...has written atour de forcein this comprehensive history of the sulfa drugs. Its thoroughness, in all aspects, especially the contextual nature of his analysis, is quite simply astounding...This book will stand the test of time and become the standard work on history of the sulfa drug for years to come."--Journal of the History of Medicine"The book's strongest points--and most enjoyable--deal with the cultural, political, and economic influences on drug development...I found the book valuable as an insightful record of the history of the first miracle drugs."--Doody's"The lesson...gleaned from readingThe First Miracle Drugsis that it is possible to facilitate creative discovery, in this case of lifesaving drugs, through a systematic program that supports interdisciplinary research."--JAMA"Lesch...has written atour de forcein this comprehensive history of the sulfa drugs. Its thoroughness, in all aspects, especially the contextual nature of his analysis, is quite simply astounding...This book will stand the test of time and become the standard work on history of the sulfa drug for years to come."--Journal of the History of Medicine"...a true eye-opener on the role of sulfa drugs in mid-twentieth century medicine, placing them firmly in the context of the larger histories of science, medicine, and pharmacology. It looks likely to be essential reading for years to come for anyone with a scholarly interest in its subject."--Medical History"John Lesch accomplishes a great deal with this exhaustively researched and well-written narrative about a chapter in the history of science and medicine that has recevied surprisingly little attendtion.The First Miracle Drugssuperbly explores the historical importance of sulfa drugs, persuasively showing how they sparked an expansion of pharmaceutical research and production... In sum, Lesch's book is model scholarship for the history of science." -- Alexandra Minna Stern, Ph.D., University of Michigan,Bulletin for the History of Chemistry