MODERN MEDICINES The Discovery and Development of Healing Drugs Margery

[Year : 2004] [Size : 3.69 MB] [Format : PDF] [Page : 241]

By :

Margery Facklam,
Howard Facklam, and
Sean M. Grady

MODERN MEDICINES The Discovery and Development of Healing Drugs Margery

Contents 

           PART 1: SUPPLEMENTING THE IMMUNE SYSTEM 

• Ancient Remedies
• A Garden of Simples
• Patent Cures and Medicine Shows
• Formalizing Pharmacology
  
  PART 2: MODERN “MATERIA MEDICA”
• A World of Wonder Drugs
• Preemptive Strikes
• Biological Systems Management
• Miracles in the Medicine Cabinet
  
  PART 3: ON THE MARKET
• From the Laboratory to the Pharmacy
• Producing Modern Pills and Potions
• New Uses for Old Drugs
• When Drugs Go Wrong
  
  PART 4: ALTERNATIVE TREATMENTS
• Back to the Garden?
• Herbalists and Scientists
• Warning Signs
  
  PART 5: RESISTANCE MOVEMENTS
• Drug-Resistant Germs
• The Perils of Medicine
• Distribution Woes
• Future Trends in Pharmacology
• Appendixes