Experiment Eleven : dark secrets behind the discovery of a wonder drug / Peter Pringle.
2012
RM666.S73 P75 2012 (Mapit)
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Title
Experiment Eleven : dark secrets behind the discovery of a wonder drug / Peter Pringle.
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Edition
1st U.S. ed.
ISBN
9780802717740
0802717748
0802717748
Publication Details
New York, N.Y. : Walker & Co., 2012.
Language
English
Description
viii, 278 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
RM666.S73 P75 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification
615.329378/09
Summary
Documents the discovery of the first effective cure for tuberculosis and the efforts of a Rutgers College student to reclaim credit for his work from the department director who was wrongly honored and awarded a Nobel Prize for the finding.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
The discovery. Zones of antagonism ; The apprentice and his master ; The good earth ; The sponsor ; A distinguished visitor ; The race to publish ; A conflict of interest
The rift. The lilac gardens ; The Parable of the Sick Children ; Mold in their pockets ; Dr. Schatz goes to Albany ; The five-hundred-dollar check ; A patent that shaped the world
The challenge. The letter ; Choose a lawyer ; The road to court ; Under oath ; The settlement
The prize. The road to Stockholm ; "A dog yapping at the heels of a great world figure" ; The drug harvest ; The master's memoir ; The copied notebooks
The restoration. Wilderness years ; The English scientist ; A medal.
The rift. The lilac gardens ; The Parable of the Sick Children ; Mold in their pockets ; Dr. Schatz goes to Albany ; The five-hundred-dollar check ; A patent that shaped the world
The challenge. The letter ; Choose a lawyer ; The road to court ; Under oath ; The settlement
The prize. The road to Stockholm ; "A dog yapping at the heels of a great world figure" ; The drug harvest ; The master's memoir ; The copied notebooks
The restoration. Wilderness years ; The English scientist ; A medal.