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Miracle Cure - The Story of Penicillin and the Golden Age of Antibiotics (Hardcover) Loot Price: R755
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Miracle Cure - The Story of Penicillin and the Golden Age of Antibiotics (Hardcover): M. Wainwright

Miracle Cure - The Story of Penicillin and the Golden Age of Antibiotics (Hardcover)

M. Wainwright

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In this non-specialist account of the discovery of penicillin, streptomycin and other antibiotics, Milton Wainwright draws together historical facts about the pioneers of some six thousand antibiotics which have been described to date. He discusses the antecedents of antibiotics, providing evidence to show that moulds have been used in folk medicine since antiquity to treat infections. A description of the even more bizarre use of live maggots to treat bacterial infections shows the desperate measures to which doctors had to resort before the advent of antibiotics. The book concludes with a section on recent developments in antibiotic research, including their use in the treatment of cancer and viral infections such as AIDS.

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Imprint: Blackwell Publishers
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: March 1990
First published: 1991
Authors: M. Wainwright
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 978-0-631-16492-0
Categories: Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine
Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science
Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > General
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LSN: 0-631-16492-8
Barcode: 9780631164920

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