The demon under the microscope : from battlefield hospitals to Nazi labs, one doctor's heroic search for the world's first miracle drug

The demon under the microscope : from battlefield hospitals to Nazi labs, one doctor's heroic search for the world's first miracle drug / Thomas Hager.

The first synthetic antibiotic, sulfa saved millions of lives--among them those of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.--but even more, it changed the way new drugs were developed, approved, and sold; transformed the way doctors treated patients; and ushered in the era of modern medic...

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Main Author: Hager, Thomas
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Three Rivers Press, c2006.
Edition:1st pbk. ed.
Subjects:
Domagk, Gerhard, > 1895-1964.
Sulfonamides > Therapeutic use > History.
Antibacterial agents > History.
Bacterial diseases > Chemotherapy.
Medical scientists > Germany > Biography.
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Prologue
  • 1. The hunt
  • 2. The right side
  • 3. The left side
  • Epilogue
  • Source notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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