Penicillin: triumph and tragedy/
Bud, Robert
Penicillin: triumph and tragedy/ Robert Bud. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - ix, 330 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Winner of *Choice* Outstanding Academic Book 2007.
List of illustrations -- Introduction : Penicillin -- chemical and brand -- 1. Illness, drugs, and wonder drugs before penicillin -- 2. Penicillin from organized science -- 3. Creating the brand in the era of propaganda -- 4. Making penicillin across the world -- 5. The carefree culture and the third industrial revolution -- 6. Fighting resistance with technology -- 7. Doctors, patients, and the brand -- 8. Animals, resistance, and committees -- 9. In face of catastrophe -- Conclusion : Revolution and tragedy -- Acknowledgements -- Permissions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
0199541612
Penicillin -- History.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Penicillin Resistance.
615.329 / BUD/P
Penicillin: triumph and tragedy/ Robert Bud. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - ix, 330 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Winner of *Choice* Outstanding Academic Book 2007.
List of illustrations -- Introduction : Penicillin -- chemical and brand -- 1. Illness, drugs, and wonder drugs before penicillin -- 2. Penicillin from organized science -- 3. Creating the brand in the era of propaganda -- 4. Making penicillin across the world -- 5. The carefree culture and the third industrial revolution -- 6. Fighting resistance with technology -- 7. Doctors, patients, and the brand -- 8. Animals, resistance, and committees -- 9. In face of catastrophe -- Conclusion : Revolution and tragedy -- Acknowledgements -- Permissions -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
0199541612
Penicillin -- History.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Drug resistance in microorganisms.
Penicillin Resistance.
615.329 / BUD/P