Antimicrobial Drugs - Chronicle of a Twentieth Century Medical Triumph

Zusatztext This book is a must for all those who want to understand the ideas and personalities behind the antimicrobial drugs that have affected the quality of millions of lives and raised so many major expectations. Informationen zum Autor Professor Greenwood was formerly at St Batholomew's Hospital, London before joining the Department of Microbiology at the University of Nottingham Medical School in 1974, where he remained until retirement in 2000. He was Professor of Antimicrobial Science between 1989 and 2000, and is the former Archivist to the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. He has contributed more than 200 scientific articles and books on antimicrobial agents over 40 years. Klappentext Antimicrobial drugs have revolutionised the fight against infection, alleviating suffering on a huge scale, and therefore the progress of modern medicine. This book provides the first comprehensive account of the development of antimicrobial agents of all kinds, and a celebration of those involved. Zusammenfassung Antimicrobial drugs have revolutionised the fight against infection, alleviating suffering on a huge scale, and therefore the progress of modern medicine. This book provides the first comprehensive account of the development of antimicrobial agents of all kinds, and a celebration of those involved.

Product details

• Authors: David Greenwood
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.03.2008
• EAN: 9780199534845
• ISBN: 978-0-19-953484-5
• No. of pages: 464
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Pharmazie, Apotheke, Komplementäre Therapien, Heilverfahren und Gesundheit, MEDICAL / Pharmacy, MEDICAL / Pharmacology, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Microbiology / Naturopathy, Medical / Nursing, MEDICAL / Parasitology, History of Medicine, MEDICAL / Microbiology, Pharmacology, Medical microbiology & virology, Medical parasitology, Medical microbiology and virology