Healing drugs the history of pharmacology by Facklam, Margery

Table of Contents: “…Simples and leeches: Drugs from plants -- Drugs from the animal kingdom -- Plants of joy and sorrow: Morphine -- Codeine -- Heroin -- Cocaine -- Bilious pills and humbub oil: Patent medicines -- Move toward science -- First laws to regulate drugs -- Magic bullet: Cure for syphilis -- Sulfa drugs: First sulfa drug -- Deadly sulfa drug -- Penicillin, the wonder drug: Discovery -- Wonder drug -- First tests on sick people -- American team -- Mail-in mold: Chloromycetin -- Aureomycin -- Streptomycin -- Terramycin -- Cyclosporine -- Banting's summer project -- Success with extract X -- More insulin -- Recombinant DNA for new drugs -- Human growth hormone -- Vaccines and viruses: First vaccinations -- Rabies vaccine -- Viruses -- Polio -- Salk's vaccine -- Sabin's vaccine -- Starting from scratch: Screening for drugs -- Animal testing -- Transgenic mice -- Computer-designed drugs -- Who says it's safe: FDA standards -- Human trials -- No-name drugs -- Orphan drugs -- Back to the future: Cancer drug in the forest -- Ancient medicine made new -- Return of diseases -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index.…”