Author(s): Morton Meyers
Edition: 1
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 392
Cover
Half Title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Preface
Introduction: Serendipity, Science's Well-Guarded Secret
Part I: The Dawn of a New Era: Infectious Diseases and Antibiotics, the Miracle Drugs
1. How Antony's Little Animals Led to the Development of Germ Theory
2. The New Science of Bacteriology
3. Good Chemistry
4. The Art of Dyeing
5. Mold, Glorious Mold
6. Pay Dirt
7. The Mysterious Protein from Down Under
8. “This Ulcer ‘Bugs’ Me!”
Part II: The Smell of Garlic Launches the War on Cancer
9. Tragedy at Bari
10. Antagonists to Cancer
11. Veni, Vidi, Vinca: The Healing Power of Periwinkle
12. A Heavy Metal Rocks: The Value of Platinum
13. Sex Hormones
14. Angiogenesis: The Birth of Blood Vessels
15. Aspirin Kills More than Pain
16. Thalidomide: From Tragedy to Hope
17. A Sick Chicken Leads to the Discovery of Cancer-Accelerating Genes
18. A Contaminated Vaccine Leads to Cancer-Braking Genes
19. From Where It All Stems
20. The Industrialization of Research and the War on Cancer
21. Lessons Learned
Part III: A Quivering Quartz String Penetrates the Mystery of the Heart
22. An Unexpected Phenomenon: It's Electric!
23. What a Catheter Can Do
24. “Dottering”
25. A Stitch in Time
26. The Nobel Committee Says Yes to NO
27. “It's Not You, Honey, It's NO”
28. What's Your Number?
29. Thinning the Blood
Part IV: The Flaw Lies in the Chemistry, Not the Character: Mood-Stabilizing Drugs, Antidepressants, and Other Psychotropics
30. It Began with a Dream
31. Mental Straitjackets: Shocking Approaches
32. Ice-Pick Psychiatry
33. Lithium
34. Thorazine
35. Your Town, My Town, Miltown!
36. Conquering the “Beast” of Depression
37. Librium and Valium
38. “That's Funny, I Have the Same Bug!”
39. LSD
Conclusion: Taking a Chance on Chance: Cultivating Serendipity 300
Acknowledgments
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index
