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Dieses Buch ist gedacht als eine Erweiterung meiner erst en kurzen Schilderung "Paul Ehrlich als Mensch und Arbeiter", die zum 70. Ge burtstage Ehrlichs, 14. lVIarz 1924, bei der Deutschen Verlagsanstalt Stuttgart erschienen war und von der nm noeh wenig Exemplare in meinem Besitz sind. Ein graJ3er T eil wurde wahrend des nazis tisch en Regimes verniehtet. In dieser ersten Ausgabe hatte ieh mieh darauf be sehrankt, die personliehen Erinnerungcn aus jenen dreizehn Jahren, (1902-1915), in denen es mir vergonnt war, fiir diesen graJ3en Mensehen und, vissensehaftliehen Forscher zu arbeiten, niederzuschreiben. Ieh habe das, was mir geeignet ersehien, daraus in dieses Bueh iibernommen. In all den ...
For centuries, arsenic's image as a poison has been inextricably tied to images of foul play. In King of Poisons, John Parascandola examines the surprising history of this deadly element. From Gustave Flaubert to Dorothy Sayers, arsenic has long held a place in the literary realm as an instrument of murder and suicide. It was delightfully used as a source of comedy in the famous play Arsenic and Old Lace. But as Parascandola shows, arsenic has had a number of surprising real-world applications. It was frequently found in such common items as wallpaper, paint, cosmetics, and even candy, and its use in medical treatments was widespread. American ambassador Clare Boothe Luce suffered from expos...
"This book is the result of a doctoral thesis defended at Goldsmith's College, University of London"--Acknowledgements.
The concept of specific receptors for drugs, hormones and transmitters lies at the very heart of biomedicine. This book is the first to consider the idea from its 19th century origins in the work of John Newport Langley and Paul Ehrlich, to its development of during the 20th century and its current impact on drug discovery in the 21st century.
"A unique collaboration between Ian Mackay, one of the prominent founders of clinical immunology, and Warwick Anderson, a leading historian of twentieth-century biomedical science. Connection laboratory research, clinical medicine, social theory, and lived experience, the authors reveal how doctors and patients have come to terms with this new concept of pathogenesis, one that was accepted only in the 1950s." --