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UNINA9910812025003321 |
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Titolo |
Medicating modern America : prescription drugs in history / / edited by Andrea Tone and Elizabeth Siegel Watkins |
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New York : , : NYU Press, , 2007 |
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©2007 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (vi, 262 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ToneAndrea <1964-> |
WatkinsElizabeth Siegel |
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Soggetti |
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Drugs - History - United States |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Introduction; Part I; Antibiotics: From Germophobia to the Carefree Life and Back Again; Mood Stabilizers: Folie to Folly; Hormone Replacement: " Educate Yourself"; Part II; Oral Contraceptives: Women over 35 Who Smoke; Stimulants: Not Just Naughty; Tranquilizers: Tranquilizers on Trial; Part III; Statins: The Abnormal and the Pathological; Viagra: Making Viagra; About the Contributors; Index |
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With Americans paying more than 200 billion each year for prescription pills, the pharmaceutical business is the most profitable in the nation. The popularity of prescription drugs in recent decades has remade the doctor/patient relationship, instituting prescription-writing and pill-taking as an integral part of medical practice and everyday life. Medicating Modern America examines the meanings behind this pharmaceutical revolution through the interconnected histories of eight of the most influential and important drugs: antibiotics, mood stabilizers, hormone replacement therapy, oral contra |
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