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Ten Drugs : How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine by Thomas Hager is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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"The stories are skillfully told and entirely entertaining . . . An expert, mostly feel-good book about modern medicine" from the award-winning author ( Kirkus Reviews , starred review). 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. 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. 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. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book. "[An] absorbing new book." #8212; The New York Times Book Review "[A] well-written and engagin

Who reads Ten Drugs : How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine?

Author

Thomas Hager

Publisher

ABRAMS Press

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781683355311

Category

history

Subjects

Medical, History, Management

Rating

4.5 / 5 (343 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14