MAGIC IN A BOTTLE

by Milton PhD Silverman ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 15, 1941

This is the story of drugs, and the story itself has all the drama and challenge of the great pioneering steps in medicine. The unfortunate method of presentation submerges the value of the subject matter. The author has used an imagined dialogue for the men who brought the drugs into use, and the result is distinctly juvenile. The stories of the drugs (morphine, quinine, digitalis, cocaine, sulphanilamide; the germ killers, the synthetic lullabies, the vitamins, the hormones, the scientists responsible for the discoveries -- all as dramatic as they are educational Too bad he chose this method of presentation.

Pub Date: March 15, 1941

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Macmillan

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1941

Categories: NONFICTION