- Hardcover: 352 pages
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; 1st Edition edition (5 July 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0747570779
- ISBN-13: 978-0747570776
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16.2 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 518,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'Fascinating ... Aspirin appears to be one of the most useful drugs ever discovered. Thanks to the work of all the scientists so deservedly recalled in this books, it is also extremely cheap: in fact no drug is cheaper. Perhaps there is something in the notion of providence after all' Anthony Daniels, Sunday Telegraph 'This biography of aspirin has some cracking factoids' Scotland on Sunday 'An enthralling read ... fascinating ... the author pieces the jigsaw together in thriller style' David O'Donoghue, Sunday Business Post 'He tells a story which blends politics, big business, social and medical history, greed, incredible dedication and human folly in a lively page-turner read' Irish Times
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Aspirin - Wonder Drug, wonderful book,
By Doppelclick (Lancs, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aspirin: The Extraordinary Story of a Wonder Drug (Paperback)
I admit to having bought this book on a whim, but found it fascinating. The whole history of aspirin type drugs is charted in an easy to read style, without feeling like a history lesson. Particularly interesting to me were the way in which rival manuafacturers tried to out-sell each other using at times unsubstantiated claims that still form the basis of many slogans and campaigns even now. 'No stronger pain relief available' really does translate to 'they are all exactly the same' it seems. There are one or two chapters where at times the scienitic terms became a little heavy going for me, but the vast majority of the book is a series of interesting snap-shots of history - from 1860's Egyptian Tomb raiders, 'medicine' in the 1700's, primitive resarch laboratories and 1960's adrvertising. On top of this there is the century long corporate battle between several companies that have become household names - but that at times have bankrolled the military might of the Nazi party (IG Faben)!
Ultimately though it was simply interesting to know how these 1p pills work and to see what a wide range of benefits are associated with them. Heart attack prevention and even in some cases cancer prevention, anyone? It seems that the cheapness of the tablets now that they are out of patent now counts against them, in that none of the drug companies will now fund trials to investigate even the little-understood cancer prevention properties, as there is no long term profit in it for them. Highly recommended!
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Brilliant,
By nick "intriguing" (manchester) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aspirin: The Extraordinary Story of a Wonder Drug (Paperback)
This guy has researched aspirin to the Nth degree and has distilled his knowledge into a fascinating book. Buy it!
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Great book for everyone with a brain!,
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Great book. I'm not always one for non-fiction, but I bought this book because I knew that Dundee, my home town, had something to do with the aspirin story. I didn't expect to be gripped so thoroughly, even forgoing my usual Ian Rankin/Paricia Cornwell/Kahy Reichs books until it was finished!
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