Download or read book The Mold in Dr Florey s Coat written by Eric Lax and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2005-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Lax's The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat is 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
Download or read book Penicillin Man written by Kevin Brown and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2005-09-15 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of penicillin.
Download or read book The Enchanted Ring written by John C. Sheehan and published by MIT Press (MA). This book was released on 1984-03-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The laboratory synthesis of penicillin, with its intractable beta-lactam structure or "enchanted ring," proved to be one of the most difficult problems ever undertaken by organic chemists. In this book, John Sheehan the man who succeeded in synthesizing penicillin after others had given up, recounts the discovery and development of this remarkable drug.
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.
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.
Download or read book Alexander Fleming written by Salvatore Tocci and published by Enslow Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A biography of Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin.
Download or read book Breakthrough written by Francine Jacobs and published by Dodd Mead. This book was released on 1985 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Describes the history of penicillin from the discovery of the mold by Fleming through the years of work by such scientists as Chain, Heatley, Florey, and Sheehan who purified, tested, synthesized, and eventually presented the "miracle" drug to the world." -- T.p. verso.
Download or read book Nobel Lectures Physiology Or Medicine 1942 1962 written by and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 1999 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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 Yellow Magic written by John Drury Ratcliff and published by New York : Ramdom House. This book was released on 1945 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of penicillin is one of the most exciting in modern-day medical science. Three years ago there was not enough of it in the United States to treat a single patient adequately. Now there is a sufficient amount for our Army, our Navy and our Allies, as well as a moderate supply for civilians. This spectacular change has been brought about through the untiring efforts of many groups. Indeed, it is a unique example of collaborative efforts -- scientific, industrial and administrative. It has been remarked many times that penicillin is the most remarkable anti-bacterial agent that has been discovered up to the present time. It is worthy of this reputation because it is so powerful against many different microbes and it is non-toxic. In this book, Mr. Ratcliff tells us in a most interesting way how penicillin was discovered and developed from the laboratory and test-tube stage through the stage of clinical testing and trials, to the present-day commercial production. - Foreword.
Download or read book The Circulation of Penicillin in Spain written by María Jesús Santesmases and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2019-06-04 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reconstructs the early circulation of penicillin in Spain, a country exhausted by civil war (1936–1939), and oppressed by Franco’s dictatorship. Embedded in the post-war recovery, penicillin’s voyages through time and across geographies – professional, political and social – were both material and symbolic. This powerful antimicrobial captivated the imagination of the general public, medical practice, science and industry, creating high expectations among patients, who at times experienced little or no effect. Penicillin’s lack of efficacy against some microbes fueled the search for new wonder drugs and sustained a decades-long research agenda built on the post-war concept of development through scientific and technological achievements. This historical reconstruction of the social life of penicillin between the 1940s and 1980s – through the dictatorship to democratic transition – explores political, public, medical, experimental and gender issues, and the rise of antibiotic resistance.
Download or read book Big Chicken written by Maryn McKenna and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this eye-opening exposé, acclaimed health journalist and National Geographic contributor Maryn McKenna documents how antibiotics transformed chicken from local delicacy to industrial commodity—and human health threat—uncovering the ways we can make America's favorite meat safer again. What you eat matters—for your health, for the environment, and for future generations. In this riveting investigative narrative, McKenna dives deep into the world of modern agriculture by way of chicken: from the farm where it's raised directly to your dinner table. Consumed more than any other meat in the United States, chicken is emblematic of today's mass food-processing practices and their profound influence on our lives and health. Tracing its meteoric rise from scarce treat to ubiquitous global commodity, McKenna reveals the astounding role of antibiotics in industrial farming, documenting how and why "wonder drugs" revolutionized the way the world eats—and not necessarily for the better. Rich with scientific, historical, and cultural insights, this spellbinding cautionary tale shines a light on one of America's favorite foods—and shows us the way to safer, healthier eating for ourselves and our children. In August 2019 this book will be published in paperback with the title Plucked: Chicken, Antibiotics, and How Big Business Changed the Way the World Eats.
Download or read book Penicillin written by Kenny Abdo and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title focuses on the accidental discovery of penicillin and details its origins, evolution throughout the years, and impact it has had on the world. This hi-lo title is complete with vibrant photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Animals and Medicine written by Jack Botting and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-04 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Animals and Medicine: The Contribution of Animal Experiments to the Control of Disease offers a detailed, scholarly historical review of the critical role animal experiments have played in advancing medical knowledge. Laboratory animals have been essential to this progress, and the knowledge gained has saved countless lives—both human and animal. Unfortunately, those opposed to using animals in research have often employed doctored evidence to suggest that the practice has impeded medical progress. This volume presents the articles Jack Botting wrote for the Research Defence Society News from 1991 to 1996, papers which provided scientists with the information needed to rebut such claims. Collected, they can now reach a wider readership interested in understanding the part of animal experiments in the history of medicine—from the discovery of key vaccines to the advancement of research on a range of diseases, among them hypertension, kidney failure and cancer.This book is essential reading for anyone curious about the role of animal experimentation in the history of science from the nineteenth century to the present.
Download or read book Did Fleming Rescue Churchill written by James Cross Giblin and published by Henry Holt and Company (BYR). This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jason is stuck with the most boring subject for a research paper— Alexander Fleming, the scientist who invented penicillin. Then he comes across the story about how Fleming rescued Winston Churchill from drowning. But the story circulating on the Internet might not be true. Jason must learn everything he can about Fleming and Churchill in order to solve this puzzle. Readers will learn various research tips, including how to tell fact from fiction on the Internet.
Download or read book The Discovery of Penicillin written by Guy De la Bédoyère and published by Gareth Stevens. This book was released on 2006 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines how penicillian was invented, how it works and penicillin today.
Download or read book The Story of Penicillin written by Boris Sokoloff and published by Chicago, Ziff-Davis [c1945]. This book was released on 1945 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
