Lithium : a doctor, a drug, and a breakthrough / Walter A. Brown
- Bib ID:
- 8068539
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Brown, Walter Armin, author
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Description:
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- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2019]
- ©2019
- xvi, 222 pages ; 25 cm
- ISBN:
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- 9781631491993 ((hardcover))
- 1631491997
- Summary:
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The remarkable untold story of a miracle drug, the forgotten pioneer who discovered it, and the fight to bring lithium to the masses.
The 1949 discovery of lithium as a cure for bipolar disorder is perhaps one of the most important breakthroughs of the modern era. Brown reveals two unlikely success stories: that of John Cade, the physician whose discovery would come to save an untold number of lives and launch a pharmacological revolution, and that of a miraculous metal rescued from decades of stigmatization. Following his own restless curiosity, Cade did not have to answer to an external funding source; the pharmaceutical industry had little incentive to promote a naturally occurring drug that could not be patented. Brown reveals just how close we came to passing over this extraordinary cure. -- adapted from jacket
- Full contents:
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- Manic-depressive illness, a brief history
- The naturalist
- Lithium
- Breakthrough
- Aftermath
- Prophylaxis rex.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2019
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