Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and Its Revival as a Vital Medicine by Rock Brynner, Trent D. Stephens

Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and Its Revival as a Vital Medicine

Rock Brynner, Trent D. Stephens

240 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging informative slow-paced

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In this riveting medical detective story, Trent Stephens and Rock Brynner recount the history of thalidomide, from the epidemic of birth defects in the 1960's to the present day, as scientists work to create and test an alternative drug that captu...

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