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我们服用的药物历史:从古代至今

English | July 1st, 2021 | ISBN: 1526724030 | 272 pages | True EPUB | 14.40 MB

A fascinating account of poultices, pills, and prescriptions over the centuries and how they've been developed and delivered.

This lively account follows the development of medicines from traces of herbs found with the remains of Neanderthal man, to prescriptions written on clay tablets from Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC, to pure drugs extracted from plants in the nineteenth century, and to the latest biotechnology antibody products.

In addition, it tells the stories behind historical figures in medicine, such as Christopher Wren, who gave the first intravenous injection in 1656, and William Brockedon, who invented the tablet in 1843, as well as recounting the changes in patterns of prescribing from simple dosage forms—such as liquid mixtures, pills, ointments, lotions, poultices, powders for treating wounds, inhalations, eye drops, enemas, pessaries, and suppositories mentioned in the Egyptian Ebers papyrus of 1550 BCE—to the complex tablets, injections, and inhalers in current use.

A typical pharmacy now dispenses about as many prescriptions in a working day as a mid-nineteenth-century chemist did in a whole year. This history sheds light on the scientific progress made over centuries that led to the medical miracles of the modern world.


关于数百年间敷药、药丸和处方的发展与交付方式,这是一篇引人入胜的记述。 这篇生动的记述从新石器时代尼安德特人遗骸中发现的草药残留物开始,一直追溯到公元前第三世纪美索不达米亚泥板上写下的处方,再到19世纪纯药物从植物中提取物,直到最新的生物技术抗体产品。 此外,它讲述了医学史上一些历史人物的故事,如克里斯托弗·怀恩,在1656年首次进行静脉注射;以及威廉·博克顿在1843年发明药丸。同时,它也回顾了处方使用模式的变化,从简单的剂量形式——埃及埃伯斯纸草中的液体混合物、药丸、乳膏、乳剂、用于治疗伤口的粉末、吸入剂、眼药水、灌肠剂、阴道栓剂和润滑剂——到目前使用的复杂药片、注射和吸入器。 如今的药店一天内开方的数量相当于19世纪中叶化学家一年的工作量。这段历史揭示了人类世界现代奇迹背后的几百年来的科学进步。
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