| Nothing Is Without Poison: Understanding Drugs Contributor(s): Roberts, Michael (Author) |
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ISBN: 9629960516 ISBN-13: 9789629960513 Publisher: Chinese University of Hong Kong Press OUR PRICE: $17.82 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2003 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Pharmacology - Medical | Toxicology - Medical | History |
| Dewey: 615.1 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.83 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book aims to provide the reader with a simple explanation of some of the fundamental principles of the sciences of pharmacology, therapeutics and toxicology. It sketches the history of drug treatment from traditional therapy with mainly herbal preparations to today's explosion of synthetic drugs and outlines the roles of the academic research laboratories and the pharmaceutical industry in the development, synthesis, testing and marketing of new drugs. |