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Antimicrobial drugs : chronicle of a twentieth century medical triumph /
Between 1935 and 1944 the field of microbiology, and by implication medicine as a whole, underwent dramatic advancement. The discovery of the extraordinary antibacterial properties of sulphonamides, penicillin, and streptomycin triggered a frantic hunt for more antimicrobial drugs that was to yield...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Agents of infection
- Out of darkness
- From quinine to sulphonamides (by way of serendipity)
- Wonder drugs
- The taming of tuberculosis and leprosy
- The golden years of pills and profits
- Progress against parasites
- The poor relations : fungi and viruses
- The spectre at the feast.