Drugs on Trial Experimental Pharmacology and Therapeutic Innovation in the Eighteenth-Century |
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| Author:
| Maehle, Andreas-Holger |
| Series title: | Clio Medica S. /Wellcome Institute Series in the History of Medicine Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-420-0793-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1999 |
| Publisher: | Rodopi B.V. Editions
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $206.95 |
Book Description:
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This book describes the main issues of eighteenth-century pharmacology and therapeutics and provides detailed case studies of three key areas: lithontriptics (remedies against urinary stones), opium, and Peruvian bark (quinine).
This book describes the main issues of eighteenth-century pharmacology and therapeutics and provides detailed case studies of three key areas: lithontriptics (remedies against urinary stones), opium, and Peruvian bark (quinine).