Penicillin : triumph and tragedy / Robert Bud.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bud, Robert

Contributor:

Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Penicillins--history.

History, 20th Century.

Penicillin Resistance.

Penicillin--History.

Penicillin.

History.

Drug resistance in microorganisms.

Medical Subjects:

Penicillins--history.

History, 20th Century.

Penicillin Resistance.

Physical Description:

ix, 330 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Summary:

Penicillin is the drug of the twentieth century. It was the first of the antibiotics that, for decades after the Second World War, underpinned a popular belief that the threat of infectious disease had at last met its match. With the emergence of 'superbugs' these hopes have faded. Robert Bud pulls these different but conjoined stories into a compelling narrative: using a wealth of new research, he sets the discovery and use of penicillin in the broader context of social and cultural change across the world. His book will be of great interest to historians, scientists, and anyone wishing to understand this drug's seismic impact on our lives.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-318) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9780199254064

0199254060

OCLC:

71807825