The Remarkable Story of a Wonder Drug
by
Diarmuid Jeffreys
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2008
Diarmuid Jeffreys traces the story of aspirin from the drug's origins in ancient Egypt, through its industrial development at the end of the nineteenth century and its key role in the great flu pandemic of 1918, to its subsequent exploitation by the pharmaceutical conglomerates and the marvelous powers...