| Description |
xv, 318 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-308) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction : The pharmacopoeia of risk reduction -- pt. 1. Diuril and hypertension, 1957-1977 -- 1. Releasing the flood waters : the development and promotion of Diuril -- 2. Shrinking the symptom, growing the disease : hypertension after Diuril -- pt. 2. Orinase and diabetes, 1960-1980 -- 3. Finding the hidden diabetic : Orinase creates a new market -- 4. Risk and the symptom : the trials of Orinase -- pt. 3. Mevacor and cholesterol, 1970-2000 -- 5. The fall and rise of a risk factor : cholesterol and its remedies -- 6. Know your number : cholesterol and the threshold of pathology -- Conclusion : the therapeutic transition -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
Chemotherapy -- Miscellanea.
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Diseases -- Miscellanea.
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Drugs -- Miscellanea.
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| ISBN |
9780801891007 paperback |
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0801891000 paperback |
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