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Author Pringle, Peter.

Title Experiment Eleven : dark secrets behind the discovery of a wonder drug / Peter Pringle.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Walker & Co., 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  615.329 P93    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  615.329 PRI    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description viii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-269) and index.
Contents The discovery. Zones of antagonism ; The apprentice and his master ; The good earth ; The sponsor ; A distinguished visitor ; The race to publish ; A conflict of interest -- The rift. The lilac gardens ; The Parable of the Sick Children ; Mold in their pockets ; Dr. Schatz goes to Albany ; The five-hundred-dollar check ; A patent that shaped the world -- The challenge. The letter ; Choose a lawyer ; The road to court ; Under oath ; The settlement -- The prize. The road to Stockholm ; "A dog yapping at the heels of a great world figure" ; The drug harvest ; The master's memoir ; The copied notebooks -- The restoration. Wilderness years ; The English scientist ; A medal.
Summary Documents the discovery of the first effective cure for tuberculosis and the efforts of a Rutgers College student to reclaim credit for his work from the department director who was wrongly honored and awarded a Nobel Prize for the finding.
Subject Streptomycin -- History -- 20th century.
Schatz, Albert, 1920-2005.
Waksman, Selman A. (Selman Abraham), 1888-1973.
Antibiotics -- Research -- History -- 20th century.
Tuberculosis -- Treatment.
Microbiologists -- United States -- Biography.
Soil scientists -- United States -- Biography.
Pharmaceutical industry -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Research -- Moral and ethical aspects.
Discoveries in science -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Fraud in science.
Antibiotics -- Patents -- Economic aspects.
ISBN 9780802717740: $26.00
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