Penicillin : triumph and tragedy

Penicillin : triumph and tragedy / Robert Bud.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Bud, Robert
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Subjects:	Penicillin > History. Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Online Access:	Table of contents only Publisher description

Table of Contents:

Introduction : penicillin-chemical and brand
Illness, drugs, and wonder drugs before penicillin
Penicillin from organized science
creating the brand in the era of propaganda
Making penicillin across the world
The carefree culture and the third industrial revolution
Fighting resistance with technology
Doctors, patients, and the brand
Animals, resistance, and committees
In face of catastrophe
Conclusion : revolution and tragedy.