{"product_id":"ten-drugs-how-plants-powders-and-pills-have-shaped-the-history-of-medicine-paperback","title":"Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas Hager\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis wide-ranging and wildly entertaining book from award-winning science author Thomas Hager's explores how plants, powders, and pills have shaped the history of medicine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher's genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our culture and the practice of medicine. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Beginning with opium, the \"joy plant,\" which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Compulsively readable.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas Hager \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning author of books on the history of science and medicine, including \u003ci\u003eThe Demon Under the Microscope\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a courtesy associate professor of journalism and communication at the University of Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.7 x 5.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50335528747245,"sku":"9781419735226","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/UMy9bFquMu9781419735226.webp?v=1785042358","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-au\/products\/ten-drugs-how-plants-powders-and-pills-have-shaped-the-history-of-medicine-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}