Penicillin Man

Penicillin Man
Author: Kevin Brown
Publisher: The History Press
Total Pages: 472
Release: 2005-09-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0750953470

The history of penicillin.

Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming
Author: Salvatore Tocci
Publisher: Enslow Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2002
Genre: Bacteriologists
ISBN: 9780766019980

A biography of Alexander Fleming, the discoverer of penicillin.

Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming
Author: Gwyn Macfarlane
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1984
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat

The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat
Author: Eric Lax
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2005-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780805077780

Eric Lax's The Mold in Dr. Florey's Coat is the dramatic, untold story of the discovery of the first wonder drug, the men who led the way, and how it changed the modern world

The Enchanted Ring

The Enchanted Ring
Author: John C. Sheehan
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages: 224
Release: 1984-03-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780262690850

The laboratory synthesis of penicillin, with its intractable beta-lactam structure or "enchanted ring," proved to be one of the most difficult problems ever undertaken by organic chemists. In this book, John Sheehan the man who succeeded in synthesizing penicillin after others had given up, recounts the discovery and development of this remarkable drug.

Penicillin

Penicillin
Author: Robert Bud
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199254060

The author sets the discovery and use of penicillin in the broader context of social and cultural changes across the world. He examines the drug's contributions to medicine and agriculture, and investigates the global spread of resistant bacteria as antibiotic use continues to rise.

Alexander Fleming

Alexander Fleming
Author: Richard Hantula
Publisher: World Almanac Library
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780836850833

Chronicling the lives of the most important people of recent times, these books give student readers a powerful resource for understanding how their world came to be what it is today. Enriched with historic photos of the life and times of the people being profiled, and with excerpts from primary source documents, this series will inspire critical thinking, further research, and additional reading. Each book is more than just the story an individual.

Anthrax in Humans and Animals

Anthrax in Humans and Animals
Author: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9241547537

This fourth edition of the anthrax guidelines encompasses a systematic review of the extensive new scientific literature and relevant publications up to end 2007 including all the new information that emerged in the 3-4 years after the anthrax letter events. This updated edition provides information on the disease and its importance, its etiology and ecology, and offers guidance on the detection, diagnostic, epidemiology, disinfection and decontamination, treatment and prophylaxis procedures, as well as control and surveillance processes for anthrax in humans and animals. With two rounds of a rigorous peer-review process, it is a relevant source of information for the management of anthrax in humans and animals.

Drug-Induced Liver Injury

Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Author:
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-07-13
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 0128173173

Drug-Induced Liver Injury, Volume 85, the newest volume in the Advances in Pharmacology series, presents a variety of chapters from the best authors in the field. Chapters in this new release include Cell death mechanisms in DILI, Mitochondria in DILI, Primary hepatocytes and their cultures for the testing of drug-induced liver injury, MetaHeps an alternate approach to identify IDILI, Autophagy and DILI, Biomarkers and DILI, Regeneration and DILI, Drug-induced liver injury in obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, Mechanisms of Idiosyncratic Drug-Induced Liver Injury, the Evaluation and Treatment of Acetaminophen Toxicity, and much more. - Includes the authority and expertise of leading contributors in pharmacology - Presents the latest release in the Advances in Pharmacology series