
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
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Narrated by:
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Angelo Di Loreto
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Thomas Hager
Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be an oddball researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. Piece together these stories, as Thomas Hager does in this remarkable, century-spanning history, and you can trace the evolution of our culture and the practice of medicine.
Beginning with opium, the “joy plant,” which has been used for 10,000 years, Hager tells a captivating story of medicine. His subjects include the largely forgotten female pioneer who introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, the infamous knockout drops, the first antibiotic, which saved countless lives, the first antipsychotic, which helped empty public mental hospitals, Viagra, statins, and the new frontier of monoclonal antibodies. This is a deep, wide-ranging, and wildly entertaining book.
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Author Thomas Hager remains objective about the management of these life-saving drugs, except for a few pointed comments about the greediness of Big Pharma and its endless appetite for ever more profit on the backs of stricken patients.
Professional narrators owe a debt of care to the author and the listener to ensure the correct pronunciation of names and words that are unfamiliar to them. Di Loreto's frequent fumbling of fairly mainstream terminology indicates a cavalier attitude toward his responsibility.
Drugs, Drugs, Drugs.
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I was hooked
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Good History on Drugs
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Fascinating!
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An interesting listen
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Insightful!
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Highly Recommended
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Some parts better than others
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Great book
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