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Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor: The Human Stories Behind the Drugs We Use

Laughing Gas, Viagra, and Lipitor: The Human Stories Behind the Drugs We Use

Li, Jie Jack

Hardcover

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 0195300998
ISBN13: 9780195300994
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: Sep 7 2006
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.32
Height: 0.84 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.30
Language: English
The stories behind drug discovery are fascinating, full of human and scientific interest. This is a book on the history of drug discovery that highlights the intellectual splendor of discoverers as well as the human frailty associated them. History is replete with examples of breakthrough medicines that have saved millions of lives. Ether as an anesthetic by Morton; penicillin as an antibiotic by Fleming; and insulin as an anti-diabetic by Banting are just a few examples. The discoverers of these medicines are doubtlessly benefactors to mankind--for instance, without penicillin, 75% of us probably would not be alive because some of our parents or grandparents would have succumbed to infections.

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