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Rosen, William, 1955-
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Anti-bacterial agents -- History.
Antibiotics -- History.
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Rosen, William, 1955-
Anti-bacterial agents -- History.
Antibiotics -- History.
MARC Display
Miracle cure : the creation of
antibiotics
and the birth of modern medicine / William Rosen.
by
Rosen, William, 1955-
Viking, c2017.
Call #:
615.7922 R813m
Subjects
Anti-bacterial agents
--
History
.
Antibiotics
--
History
.
ISBN:
9780525428107 (hc.)
0525428100 (hc.)
Description:
358 p. : photos ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
Describes the
history
of the discovery of
antibiotics
, including the eccentric characters whose false starts and lucky accidents led to humans having much greater control over the microbes that resulted in previously deadly infections.
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