Antimicrobial drugs chronicle of a twentieth century medical triumph / [[Book] :]
David Greenwood.
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- xxix, 429 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Agents of infection -- Out of darkness -- From quinine to sulphonamides (by way of serendipity) -- Wonder drugs -- The taming of tuberculosis and leprosy -- The golden years of pills and profits -- Progress against parasites -- The poor relations : fungi and viruses -- The spectre at the feast.