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Antimicrobial drugs : chronicle of a twentieth century medical triumph / David Greenwood.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greenwood, David, 1935- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Anti-infective agents--History--20th century.
- Anti-infective agents.
- Anti-Infective Agents--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- Medical Subjects:
- Anti-Infective Agents--history.
- History, 20th Century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (460 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Antimicrobial drugs have revolutionised the fight against infection (alleviating suffering on a huge scale) and therefore the progress of modern medicine. This book provides a comprehensive account of the development of antimicrobial agents of all kinds, and a celebration of those involved.
- Contents:
- Agents of infection
- Out of darkness
- From quinine to sulphonamides (by way of serendipity)
- Wonder drugs
- The taming of tuberculosis and leprosy
- The golden years of pills and profits
- Progress against parasites
- The poor relations : fungi and viruses
- The spectre at the feast.
- Notes:
- Formerly CIP.
- Previously issued in print: 2008.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 1-383-04470-8
- 1-283-58250-3
- 9786613894953
- 0-19-156007-3
- OCLC:
- 801363823
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