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Author Brown, Walter Armin, author.

Title Lithium : a doctor, a drug, and a breakthrough / Walter A. Brown.

Publication Info. New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2019]
©2019

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  616.895 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.895 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  616.895 BRO    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.895 BROWN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  616.89 BRO    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  616.895 BROWN    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  616.89 BRO    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  616.895 BROWN    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xvi, 222 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-212) and index.
Contents Manic-depressive illness, a brief history -- The naturalist -- Lithium -- Breakthrough -- Aftermath -- Prophylaxis rex.
Summary "Recently described by the New York Times as the 'Cinderella' of psychiatric drugs, lithium has saved countless of lives and billions of dollars in healthcare costs. In this revelatory biography of a drug and the man who fought for its discovery, Brown crafts a captivating picture of modern medical history -- revealing just how close we came to passing over this extraordinary cure." -- From Amazon.com summary.
Subject Cade, J. F. J.
Lithium -- Therapeutic use -- History.
Bipolar disorder -- Chemotherapy -- History.
Bipolar disorder -- Treatment -- History.
Cade, J. F. J.
Lithium Compounds -- history. (DNLM)D018020Q000266
Antimanic Agents -- history. (DNLM)D018692Q000266
Lithium Compounds -- therapeutic use. (DNLM)D018020Q000627
Bipolar Disorder -- history. (DNLM)D001714Q000266
Bipolar Disorder -- drug therapy. (DNLM)D001714Q000188
Antimanic Agents -- therapeutic use. (DNLM)D018692Q000627
ISBN 9781631491993 (hardcover)
1631491997 (hardcover)
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