书目名称 | From Aspirin to Viagra | 副标题 | Stories of the Drugs | 编辑 | Vladimir Marko | 视频video | | 概述 | A collection of short stories detailing the histories of the most well-known drugs of our time.Weaves together research from historical and archival sources, along with existing academic literature.Re | 丛书名称 | Springer Praxis Books | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | From Aspirin to Viagra, insulin to penicillin, and vaccines to vitamin supplements, drugs have become part of our everyday lives. This staggering global industry wasn’t born overnight; advancements in pharmaceutical science have been happening for a long while, over the course of decades and even centuries..This book tells the history of ten prominent substances and how they came to be common household names. It shows how the creation of such influential drugs often began with the right person at the exactly right—or wrong!— time. The chapters tell the stories of geniuses and charlatans; scholars and amateurs; advances won through hard work or pure luck; and ultimately, the handful of resounding successes that revolutionized a global industry..Beyond the pioneers of the most famous drugs in our culture, the book analyzes how our perspective on medical treatment has shifted over the decades. Modern standards for testing and administering substances have created a new set of advantages, setbacks, and stigmas, all of which are discussed herein. . | 出版日期 | Book 2020 | 关键词 | Aspirin history; chlorpromazine history; insulin discovery; penicillin discovery; birth control history; | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44286-6 | isbn_softcover | 978-3-030-44285-9 | isbn_ebook | 978-3-030-44286-6 | copyright | Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 |
The information of publication is updating
|
|