Demon Under the Microscope, The: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
by:
Thomas Hager (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781299243682 (1299243681)
Publish date: January 1st 2006
Publisher: Broadway Books
Edition language: English
Even as late as the 1930s, an infection was a likely death sentence. Even a small wound on a finger or toe could be deadly, for if it became septic, doctors could do nothing except hope that the patient could fight off the infection. Antibiotics were only a wistful dream of a universal panacea. Afte...