Download or read book The Mold in Dr Florey s Coat written by Eric Lax and published by Henry Holt and Company. This book was released on 2015-06-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic, untold story of the discovery of the first wonder drug, the men who led the way, and how it changed the modern world In his wonderfully engaging book, acclaimed author Eric Lax tells the real story behind the discovery and why it took so long to develop the drug. He reveals the reasons why credit for penicillin was misplaced, and why this astonishing achievement garnered a Nobel Prize but no financial rewards for the doctor that discovered it and the team that developed it. Alexander Fleming's discovery of penicillin in his London laboratory in 1928 ushered in a new age in medicine. But it took a team of Oxford scientists headed by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain four more years to develop it as the first antibiotic, and the most important family of drugs in the twentieth century. At once the world was transformed -- major bacterial scourges such as blood poisoning and pneumonia, scarlet fever and diphtheria, gonorrhea and syphilis were defeated. Penicillin helped to foster not only a medical revolution but a sexual one as well. The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat is the compelling story of the passage of medicine from one era to the next and of the eccentric individuals whose participation in this extraordinary accomplishment has, until now, remained largely unknown. "Admirable, superbly researched . . . perhaps the most exciting tale of science since the apple dropped on Newton's head." -- Simon Winchester, The New York Times

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Download or read book Howard Florey the Making of a Great Scientist written by Gwyn Macfarlane and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1979 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traced the professional development and characteristics of the scientist who was responsible for the introduction of penicillin therapy.

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Download or read book Howard Florey written by Lennard Bickel and published by Melbourne University. This book was released on 1995 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of the Australian scientist who developed the first antibiotic, penicillin

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Download or read book Alexander Fleming written by Gwyn Macfarlane and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1984 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Howard Florey written by Trevor Illtyd Williams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1984 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Reprints of Scientific Papers written by Howard Florey (Baron Florey) and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprints of Howard Florey's scientific publications and addresses,1925-70. An extensive but incomplete set of Florey's publications, as listed in the bibliography in the Biographical Memoirs of the Fellows of the Royal Society v.17 (1971) (206 items). The collection was compiled by Dr Norman Heatley and presented to the Library through the agency of Dr Richard Brock.

Download or read book Howard Florey written by Kirsty Murray and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now in paperback,Howard Florey Miracle Makeris a biography of the Nobel Prize-winning Australian scientist who developed penicillin and so saved the lives of millions.

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Download or read book Sir Howard Florey A Driven Spirit written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sir Howard Florey: A Driven Spirit" is an article written by Denise Sutherland that appeared in the February 1998 issue of "Australasian Science." The article features a brief biography of the Australian-born British pathologist Howard Walter Florey (1898-1968). Florey purified and isolated penicillin with Ernst B. Chain, and was awarded the 1945 Nobel prize for physiology or medicine.

Download or read book The Sensory Circumventricular Organs of the Mammalian Brain written by Michael J. McKinley and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-11-11 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only book entirely devoted to the sensory circumventricular organs. It reviews research into their detailed anatomy, neurochemistry, neural connections, and functions, and provides the reader with many illustrations previously unpublished.

Download or read book Penicillin written by Robert Bud and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2007 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author sets the discovery and use of penicillin in the broader context of social and cultural changes across the world. He examines the drug's contributions to medicine and agriculture, and investigates the global spread of resistant bacteria as antibiotic use continues to rise.

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Download or read book Miracle Cure written by William Rosen and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-09 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The epic history of how antibiotics were born, saving millions of lives and creating a vast new industry known as Big Pharma. As late as the 1930s, virtually no drug intended for sickness did any good; doctors could set bones, deliver babies, and offer palliative care. That all changed in less than a generation with the discovery and development of a new category of medicine known as antibiotics. By 1955, the age-old evolutionary relationship between humans and microbes had been transformed, trivializing once-deadly infections. William Rosen captures this revolution with all its false starts, lucky surprises, and eccentric characters. He explains why, given the complex nature of bacteria—and their ability to rapidly evolve into new forms—the only way to locate and test potential antibiotic strains is by large-scale, systematic, trial-and-error experimentation. Organizing that research needs large, well-funded organizations and businesses, and so our entire scientific-industrial complex, built around the pharmaceutical company, was born. Timely, engrossing, and eye-opening, Miracle Cure is a must-read science narrative—a drama of enormous range, combining science, technology, politics, and economics to illuminate the reasons behind one of the most dramatic changes in humanity’s relationship with nature since the invention of agriculture ten thousand years ago.

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