The Demon Under The Microscope by Thomas Hager
From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
A brisk history of the first breakthrough antibacterial drugs, it traces how researchers transformed an aniline dye into sulfa medicines that rapidly reduced deaths from infections and revolutionized clinical care. Following scientists, physicians, and patients through lab battles, corporate rivalries, and political pressures of the interwar years, it highlights dramatic successes alongside tragedies like toxic formulation disasters. The narrative shows how these discoveries prefigured penicillin, birthed modern pharmaceutical research practices, reshaped surgery and childbirth outcomes, and sparked a public-health revolution that changed the trajectory of medicine.
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- Published
- 2006
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 352
- Original Language
- English
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