From Poison Arrows to Prozac
eBook - ePub

From Poison Arrows to Prozac

How deadly toxins changed our lives forever

  1. 300 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

From Poison Arrows to Prozac

How deadly toxins changed our lives forever

About this book

Stanley Feldman is a leading light in the field of modern anaesthetics, a former Professor of Anaesthetics at London University and was appointed to the Imperial College School of Medicine. He is the author of many books, papers and lectures on the subject. He is also the author of Life Begins..., a positive guide to retirement, and co-editor of the acclaimed Panic Nation with Vincent Marks.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Prologue
  7. CHAPTER ONE : The South American Arrow Poison
  8. CHAPTER TWO : Unravelling the Mystery
  9. CHAPTER THREE : Claude Bernard
  10. CHAPTER FOUR : Dangerous Remedies
  11. CHAPTER FIVE : The Controversy
  12. CHAPTER SIX : Otto Loewi and Henry Dale
  13. CHAPTER SEVEN : Serendipity
  14. CHAPTER EIGHT : Curare in Anaesthesia
  15. CHAPTER NINE : A Milestone in Anaesthesia
  16. CHAPTER TEN : Problems
  17. CHAPTER ELEVEN : Unanswered Questions
  18. CHAPTER TWELVE : The Way Forward
  19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN : The Mongoose and the Snake
  20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN : New Drugs
  21. CHAPTER FIFTEEN : Lessons Learned
  22. Epilogue
  23. Further Reading and References
  24. Copyright