Ten Drugs
Subtitle: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams; Abrams Press
Published: Mar 05, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9781419734403
Description: "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.
Notes: Source title: Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine