This book illuminates the vivid characters, corporate strategy, individual idealism, careful planning, lucky breaks, cynicism, heroism, greed, hard work, and the central (though mistaken) idea that brought sulfa to the world.-From publisher description. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs at the best online. The very concept that chemicals created in a lab could cure disease revolutionized medicine, taking it from the treatment of symptoms and discomfort to the eradication of the root cause of illness. In' The Demon Under the Microscope, ' Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of the drug that shaped modern medicine. Sulfa saved millions of lives-among them those of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.-but even more, it changed the way new drugs were developed, approved, and sold transformed the way doctors treated patients and ushered in the era of modern medicine. Science writer Hager chronicles the history of the drug that shaped modern medicine. Hager describes the dreadful toll taken by streptococcus, the first bacterium against which sulfa was shown to be effective, particularly in its infection of wounds inflicted by war or surgery and in childbed fever, a scourge of women who gave birth in hospitals. It was sulfa, the first synthetic antibiotic. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. This is a fascinating scientific tale with all the excitement and intrigue of a great suspense novel.The Nazis discovered it. The very concept that chemicals created in a lab could cure disease revolutionized medicine, taking it from the treatment of symptoms and discomfort to the eradication of the root cause of illness.Ī strange and vibrant story, The Demon Under the Microscope illuminates the colorful characters, corporate strategy, individual idealism, careful planning, lucky breaks, cynicism, heroism, greed, hard work, and the central, though mistaken, idea that brought sulfa to the world. Sulfa changed the way new drugs were developed, approved and sold transformed the way doctors treated patients and ushered in the era of modern medicine. The demon under the microscope : from battlefield hospitals to Nazi labs, one doctors heroic search for the worlds first miracle drug Available at School.
Sulfa saved millions of lives-among them Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.-but its real effects are even more far reaching. In The Demon Under the Microscope Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of the drug that shaped modern medicine.
This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic medication.
Fast-paced, suspenseful, and utterly satisfying, The Demon Under the Microscope is a sweeping history of the discovery of the first antibiotic and its dramatic effect on the world of medicine and beyond.
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