Crown, Date: 2007-08-28. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 2007. Crown ISBN 1400082145 9781400082148 [US]

ISBN10: 1400082145, ISBN13: 9781400082148, [publisher: Ebury Press] Softcover Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 367. . 2007. Reprint. Paperback. . . . .
[Galway, GY, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2007]

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Broadway, Date: 2007-08-28. Paperback. Used:Good. 2007. Broadway ISBN 1400082145 9781400082148 [US]

ISBN10: 1400082145, ISBN13: 9781400082148, [publisher: Crown 2007-08-28, New York] Softcover Language: ENG
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]

Paperback. New. The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic. In<i> The Demon Under the Microscope</i>, Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of the drug that shaped modern medicine. Sulfa saved millions of lives among them those of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. but its real effects are even more far reaching. Sulfa changed the way new drugs were developed, approved, and sold; transformed the way doctors treated patients; and ushered in the era of modern medicine. The very concept that chemicals created in a lab could cure disease revolutionized medicine, taking it from the treatment of symptoms and discomfort to the eradication of the root cause of illness. A strange and colorful story, <i> The Demon Under the Microscope</i> illuminates the vivid characters, corporate strategy, individual idealism, careful planning, lucky breaks, cynicism, heroism, greed, hard work, and the central (though mistaken) idea that brought sulfa to the world. This is a fascinating scientific tale with all the excitement and intrigue of a great suspense novel. For thousands of years, humans had sought medicines with which they could defeat contagion, and they had slowly, painstakingly, won a few battles: some vaccines to ward off disease, a handful of antitoxins. A drug or two was ...

Broadway, Date: 2007-08-28. Paperback. Used: Good. 2007. Broadway ISBN 1400082145 9781400082148 [US]

Broadway Books, Date: 2007-08-28. Paperback. Good. 0.9000 in x 7.9000 in x 5.1000 in. General wear from age and use. 2007. Broadway Books ISBN 1400082145 9781400082148 [US]