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The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Sear...

Thomas Hager

Start date: March 1, 2020

Finish date: March 31, 2020

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Feb 09, 2020 Jim rated it it was amazing

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The one man is Gerhard Domagk, but there is so much more. Domagk's story, while integral, is just one part. He was undoubtedly dogged, as evidenced by 5 years of amazingly precise & thorough testing, especially for the times. He was a great man as we find out at toward the end. Not only did he stand up to the Nazis, but he warned against antibiotic resistance early.

Hager does a great job of tracing medicine from well before & into the 1950s. He focuses on Sulfa & its wild story from an outgrowt ...more

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Jun 30, 2007 Emily Brown rated it it was amazing

i could not put this book down, literally; i read it in two consectative days. some historical science books dwell too much on the personality of the scientists', but this book dwelt on the science--and in a layperson's vocabulary. i could be biased because i enjoy infectious disease, but i consider this one of my top ten non-fiction books to read. Very enjoyable! ...more

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