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. 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. Series 5 is comprised of correspondence and editorial notes compiled by Hager over the. 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. The Demon Under the Microscope: Administrative Records. The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctors Heroic Search for the Worlds First Miracle Drug is a 2006 nonfiction. A strange and colorful story, The Demon Under the Microscope illuminates the vivid characters, corporate strategy, individual idealism, careful planning, lucky. Science writer Hager chronicles the history of the drug that shaped modern medicine. It was sulfa, the first synthetic antibiotic. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics.
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