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Lithium : a doctor, a drug, and a breakthrough
- Author
- Brown, Walter A. (Walter Armin), 1941- author.
- Title
- Lithium : a doctor, a drug, and a breakthrough / Walter A. Brown.
- Format
- Book
- Edition
- First edition.
- Published
- New York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, [2019] ©2019
- Description
- xvi, 222 pages ; 25 cm
- Notes
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-212) and index.
- Contents
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- Manic-depressive illness, a brief history
- The naturalist
- Lithium
- Breakthrough
- Aftermath
- Prophylaxis rex.
- Summary
- The remarkable untold story of a miracle drug, the forgotten pioneer who discovered it, and the fight to bring lithium to the masses. The 1949 discovery of lithium as a cure for bipolar disorder is perhaps one of the most important breakthroughs of the modern era. Brown reveals two unlikely success stories: that of John Cade, the physician whose discovery would come to save an untold number of lives and launch a pharmacological revolution, and that of a miraculous metal rescued from decades of stigmatization. Following his own restless curiosity, Cade did not have to answer to an external funding source; the pharmaceutical industry had little incentive to promote a naturally occurring drug that could not be patented. Brown reveals just how close we came to passing over this extraordinary cure.--Adapted from jacket
- Subject headings
- Cade, J. F. J.
- Medical subjects
- Cade, J. F. J.
- Subject headings
- Lithium--Therapeutic use--History. Bipolar disorder--Chemotherapy--History. Bipolar disorder--Treatment--History.
- Medical subjects
- Lithium Compounds--history. Antimanic Agents--history. Lithium Compounds--therapeutic use. Bipolar Disorder--history. Bipolar Disorder--drug therapy. Antimanic Agents--therapeutic use.
- Genre heading
- History.
- ISBN
- 9781631491993 (hardcover) 1631491997