Lithium: A Doctor, a Drug, and a Breakthrough

by Walter Brown

Book Overview

The DNA double helix, penicillin, the X-ray, insulin--these are routinely cited as some of the most important medical discoveries of the twentieth century. And yet, the 1949 discovery of lithium as a cure for bipolar disorder is perhaps one of the most important--yet largely unsung--breakthroughs of the modern era. In Lithium, Walter Brown, a practicing psychiatrist and professor at Brown, reveals two unlikely success stories: that of John Cade, the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631491997
• ISBN13: 9781631491993
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.3"