Penicillin Man (Paperback, New ed)

Penicillin has affected the lives of everyone, and has exerted a powerful hold on the popular imagination since its first use in 1941. The story of its development from a chance observation in 1928 by Alexander Fleming to a life-saving drug is compelling and exciting. It revolutionized healthcare and turned the modest, self-effacing Fleming into a world hero. This book tells the story of the man and his discovery set against a background of the transformation of medical research from nineteenth-century individualism through to teamwork and modern-day international big business (pharmaceutical companies like Fisors, Distillers, or Beecham (Smith Kline)). Now, sixty years after the antibiotic revolution, when there are fears that the days of antibiotics are numbered it has never been more timely to look at the beginnings.

General

Imprint:	The History Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2005
First published:	September 2005
Authors:	Kevin Brown
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
Edition:	New ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7509-3153-3
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Inventions & inventors
LSN:	0-7509-3153-1
Barcode:	9780750931533

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