03963cam a2200757 4500 545381644 TxAuBib 20211104120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780698184107 0698184106 B01KGZVQ2E Amazon 69671424-b254-4632-b93c-65201da5c105 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2926170 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Rosen, William. Miracle Cure [Libby] : The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine. Penguin Publishing Group, 2017. big business. History of Science. health. history of medicine. Orange. medical books. Pharmaceuticals. Science. Microbes. Innovation. Medicine. wellness. History. antibiotics. Microbiology. Paul Ehrlich. drugs. history books. science books. gifts for history buffs. Alexander Fleming. antibiotic resistance. Merck. new drug development. Pasteur. Pfizer. superbugs. the microbial world. medicine books. science book. history gifts. science books for adults. science gifts. history buff gifts. science gifts for adults. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 9MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 10MB. History. Medical. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:<b>The epic history of how antibiotics were born, saving millions of lives and creating a vast new industry known as Big Pharma.<br /></b>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.<br /> 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.<br /> Timely, engrossing, and eye-opening, <i>Miracle Cure</i> 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.<br /> <i>From the Hardcover edition.</i>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-01-03 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=69671424-b254-4632-b93c-65201da5c105&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=69671424-b254-4632-b93c-65201da5c105&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=69671424-b254-4632-b93c-65201da5c105&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)