Research Catalog

The first miracle drugs : how the sulfa drugs transformed medicine

Title
The first miracle drugs : how the sulfa drugs transformed medicine / John E. Lesch.
Author
Lesch, John E., 1945-
Publication
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

2 Items

StatusFormatAccessCall NumberItem Location
TextRequest in advance RM666.S88 L47 2007Off-site
TextUse in library Off-site

Holdings

Details

Description
x, 364 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
  • Sulfonamides > History
  • Antibacterial agents > History
  • Sulfonamides > history
  • Bacterial Infections > drug therapy
  • History, 20th Century
  • Sulfonamides > therapeutic use
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-348) and index.
Contents
Beginnings -- A system of invention -- Prontosil -- Into the maelstrom -- Accommodation and survival -- Pathways of recognition -- M&B 693 -- Acclaim and expansion -- At war -- Trial by fire -- A mechanism revealed -- The sulfa drugs and twentieth-century medicine.
ISBN
019518775X (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2005036136
  • 9780195187755
OCLC
  • ocm62661759
  • SCSB-5264097
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries