Sulfa changed the way new drugs were developed, approved and sold transformed the way doctors treated patients and ushered in the era of modern medicine. Sulfa saved millions of lives-among them Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr.-but its real effects are even more far reaching. In The Demon Under the Microscope Thomas Hager chronicles the dramatic history of the drug that shaped modern medicine. This incredible discovery was sulfa, the first antibiotic medication. It conquered diseases, changed laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. Fast-paced, suspenseful, and utterly satisfying, The Demon Under the Microscope is a sweeping history of the discovery of the first antibiotic and its dramatic effect on the world of medicine and beyond.
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