Describes how thalidomide, a sedative that killed thousands and caused untold birth defects during the 1950s, has made a dramatic comeback to provide successful treatment for millions of people with arthritis, lupus, brain tumors, cancer, tuberculosis, and AIDS
A study of thalidomide, a sedatuve that maimed and killed thousands and caused untold birth defects during the 1950s, describes how the drug has made a dramatic comeback to provide a successful treatment for millions of people with arthritis, lupus, brain tumors and cancer, mult…
""A thoughtful account of the rise, fall, and subsequent rise again of thalidomide's fortunes.""--Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet, in The New York Review of Books
Describes how thalidomide, a sedative that killed thousands and caused untold birth defects during the 1950s, has made a dramatic comeback to provide successful treatment for millions of people with arthritis, lupus, brain tumors, cancer, tuberculosis, and AIDS.
This] text [is] designed to help students develop a solid, basic understanding of anatomy and physiology. [It] combines descriptions of anatomy ... explanations of how structures function, and examples of how they work together to maintain life.-Pref.
Combining clear and accurate descriptions of anatomy with precise explanations of how structures function and examples of how they work together to maintain life, this text includes timely and interesting examples to demonstrate the application of knowledge in a clinical context.
Designed for the one-semester course, 'Seeley's Anatomy & Physiology' is written to allow instructors the ability to accomplish one overall goal: to teach the basics of Anatomy & Physiology while fostering the skill of problem solving. "'Seeley's Anatomy & Physiology' is writte…