The Demon Under the Microscope.The Demon Under the Microscope Thomas Hager Harmony Books/Crown 1745 Broadway, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of NY 10019 1400082137 $24.95 www.randomhouse.com THE DEMON UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: FROM BATTLEFIELD HOSPITALS TO NAZI LABS, ONE DOCTOR'S HEROIC SEARCH FOR THE WORLD'S FIRST MIRACLE DRUG mir·a·cle drug n. A usually new drug that proves extraordinarily effective. tells of a world-wide race to find a drug which would change and save lives. Research Domagk saw hundreds of his fellow German soldiers die of infected wounds during the first world war, and worked for a solution for years before achieving a breakthrough which would lead his government to punish him. His discovery of the benefits of sulfa sul·fa adj. Of, relating to, or containing sulfanilamide or any sulfa drug. sulfa (sul´f would eventually be overrun 1. overrun - A frequent consequence of data arriving faster than it can be consumed, especially in serial line communications. For example, at 9600 baud there is almost exactly one character per millisecond, so if a silo can hold only two characters and the machine takes by penicillin--but in the meantime Adv. 1. in the meantime - during the intervening time; "meanwhile I will not think about the problem"; "meantime he was attentive to his other interests"; "in the meantime the police were notified" meantime, meanwhile he'd languish in jail for his efforts. From how sulfa changed perceptions of drug treatments to why wartime needs spurred the discoveries in antibiotics, this is a rare history that should be a part of any comprehensive college-level medical library--and many a public library collection. |
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