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Patil, Popat N., 1934-

Discoveries in pharmacological sciences / Popat N. Patil. - Singapore : World Scientific, 2012. - xiv, 778 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Evolution, human migration, diseases, and treatments -- Ancient medicine and the discovery of natural therapeutic agents -- History of anesthesia, acupuncture, hypnosis, mesmerism, anesthetics, and hypnotics -- Emergence of modern medicine -- Contributions of anatomists and physiologists to the neurofunctional outline of the nervous system -- Pharmacology comes of age -- Discovery of receptors and related events : a century of receptors and transduction -- Development of drug laws and quantitation -- Drug discoveries -- Growth of the drug industry, research institutions, and universities.

9789814355070 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9814355070 (hardcover : alk. paper)


Drug Discovery--history.
Pharmacology--history.

615.1 / P298

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