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- Miracle cure : the creation of antibiotics and the birth of modern medicine / by Rosen, William,1955-2016,author.(CARDINAL)339811;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-342) and index.Prologue: five and a half grams -- All the worse for the fishes -- Patience, skill, luck, and money -- Play with microbes -- The people's department -- To see the problem clearly -- Man of the soil -- Satans into seraphs -- The little stranger -- Disturbing proportions -- Epilogue : the adaptability of the chemist.As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative care. That all changed in less than a generation with the discovery and development of a new category of medicine known as antibiotics. By 1955, the age-old evolutionary relationship between humans and microbes had been transformed, trivializing once-deadly infections. William Rosen captures this revolution with all its false starts, lucky surprises, and eccentric characters. He explains why, given the complex nature of bacteria—and their ability to rapidly evolve into new forms—the only way to locate and test potential antibiotic strains is by large-scale, systematic, trial-and-error experimentation. Organizing that research needs large, well-funded organizations and businesses, and so our entire scientific-industrial complex, built around the pharmaceutical company, was born.- Subjects: Antibacterial agents; Medicine; Antibiotics;
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- Herbal antibiotics : natural alternatives for treating drug-resistant bacteria / by Buhner, Stephen Harrod.(CARDINAL)685519;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-448) and index.- Subjects: Herbs; Antibacterial agents.; Bacterial diseases; Herbal treatments.;
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- The demon under the microscope : from battlefield hospitals to Nazi labs, one doctor's heroic search for the world's first miracle drug / by Hager, Thomas.(CARDINAL)755353;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-330) and index.The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. It was sulfa, the first synthetic antibiotic. Science writer Hager chronicles the 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 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 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. This book 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.--From publisher description.- Subjects: Biographies.; Domagk, Gerhard, 1895-1964.; Antibacterial agents; Bacterial diseases; Medical scientists; Sulfonamides;
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- Herbal antibiotics : natural alternatives for treating drug-resistant bacteria / by Buhner, Stephen Harrod.(CARDINAL)685519;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Discusses natural alternatives for treating drug-resistant bacteria.- Subjects: Antibacterial agents.; Bacterial diseases; Bacterial diseases; Drug resistance in microorganisms.; Herbs; Herbal treatments.;
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- Gerhard Domagk and the discovery of sulfa / by Bankston, John,1974-;
"Chronology": page 44.Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.A biography of the German scientist responsible for developing the use of sulfa as an antibiotic in the early twentieth century.Accelerated Reader AR- Subjects: Domagk, Gerhard, 1895-1964; Sulfur drugs; Antibacterial agents; Medical scientists; Scientists; Sulfonamides; Medical scientists;
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- Turmeric for health : 100 amazing and unexpected uses for turmeric / by Brandon, Britt,author.(CARDINAL)597726;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Provides information about turmeric and 100 ways turmeric can be used to improve health, energy, and beauty concerns"--- Subjects: Turmeric; Turmeric;
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