Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine

by Thomas Hager

Book Overview

Award-winning science author Thomas Hager's Ten Drugs explores how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine.

Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419735225
• ISBN13: 9781419735226
• Release Date: April 2020
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.7"