Miracle Cure: The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine

by William Rosen and William (edited) Mayne

Book Overview

The epic history of how antibiotics were born, saving millions of lives and creating a vast new industry known as Big Pharma. 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143110535
• ISBN13: 9780143110538
• Release Date: May 2018
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.3"