Penicillin is the drug of the twentieth century. It was the first of the antibiotics that, for decades after the Second World War, underpinned a popular belief that the threat of infectious disease had at last met its match. With the emergence of 'superbugs' these hopes have faded. Robert Bud pulls these different but conjoined stories into a compelling narrative: using a wealth of new research, he sets the discovery and use of penicillin in the broader context of social and cultural change across the world. His book will be of great interest to historians, scientists, and anyone wishing to understand this drug's seismic impact on our lives.
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"This extremely well-written and exhaustively researched book is invaluable in understanding the story of penicillin and its cohorts as set against an ever-changing world social and economic order. It is worthy of the widest possible readership. Highly recommended."--I. Richman, Choice
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Robert Bud is Head of Information and Research, Science Museum, London.
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penicillin story, penicillin manufacture, cornsteep liquor, antibiotic consumption, penicillin research, penicillin plants, deep fermentation, penicillium mould, new penicillins, sulphonamide drugs, penicillin production, organized science, standing medical advisory committee, third industrial revolution, antibiotic use, penicillin therapy, fermentation plant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Second World War, New York, Fighting Resistance, Making Penicillin, Era of Propaganda, Alexander Fleming, Science Museum, North Africa, World Health Organization, Society Picture Library, House of Lords, Ernst Chain, European Union, Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Council, René Dubos, Cold Spring Harbor, Daily Express, Edward Mellanby, Howard Florey, Lord Beaverbrook, Mass Observation, New Scientist, Robert Robinson New!
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A child is screaming with the pain of earache. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
penicillin story, penicillin manufacture, cornsteep liquor, antibiotic consumption, penicillin research, penicillin plants, deep fermentation, penicillium mould, new penicillins, sulphonamide drugs, penicillin production, organized science, standing medical advisory committee, third industrial revolution, antibiotic use, penicillin therapy, fermentation plant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Second World War, New York, Fighting Resistance, Making Penicillin, Era of Propaganda, Alexander Fleming, Science Museum, North Africa, World Health Organization, Society Picture Library, House of Lords, Ernst Chain, European Union, Institute of Medicine, Medical Research Council, René Dubos, Cold Spring Harbor, Daily Express, Edward Mellanby, Howard Florey, Lord Beaverbrook, Mass Observation, New Scientist, Robert Robinson New!
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