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A History of the Medicines We Take - From Ancient Times to Present Day (Paperback)
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A History of the Medicines We Take - From Ancient Times to Present Day (Paperback)
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A HISTORY OF THE MEDICINES WE TAKE gives a lively account of the
development of medicines from traces of herbs found with the
remains of Neanderthal man, to prescriptions written on clay
tablets from Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC, to pure drugs
extracted from plants in the nineteenth century to the latest
biotechnology antibody products. The first ten chapters of the book
in PART ONE give an account of the development of the active drugs
from herbs used in early medicine, many of which are still in use,
to the synthetic chemical drugs and modern biotechnology products.
The remaining eight chapters in PART TWO tell the story of the
developments in the preparations that patients take and their
inventors, such as Christopher Wren, who gave the first intravenous
injection in 1656, and William Brockedon who invented the tablet in
1843\. The book traces the changes in patterns of prescribing from
simple dosage forms, such as liquid mixtures, pills, ointments,
lotions, poultices, powders for treating wounds, inhalations, eye
drops, enemas, pessaries and suppositories mentioned in the
Egyptian Ebers papyrus of 1550 BCE to the complex tablets,
injections and inhalers in current use. Today nearly three-quarters
of medicines dispensed to patients are tablets and capsules. A
typical pharmacy now dispenses about as many prescriptions in a
working day as a mid-nineteenth- century chemist did in a whole
year.
General
Imprint: |
Pen & Sword History
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
April 2020 |
Authors: |
Anthony C Cartwright, N Anthony Armstrong
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Dimensions: |
234 x 156 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
272 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-5267-2403-8 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-5267-2403-0 |
Barcode: |
9781526724038 |
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