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Pain and profits the history of the headache and its remedies in America Jan R. McTavish

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Author:
McTavish, Janice Rae  Search this
Physical description:
1 online resource (vii, 239 pages) illustrations
Type:
Electronic resources
Electronic books
History
Place:
United States
Date:
2004
Notes:
Elecresource
Contents:
The headache and its treatment in the nineteenth century -- Free choice and free enterprise in nineteenth century American drug supply -- Doctors and the drug trade -- The remarkable synthetic drugs -- Druggists, doctors and the law -- The Bayer Company: drugs as big business -- Did the headache finally meet its match? -- The headache in the twentieth century
Topic:
Headache  Search this
Headache--Treatment--History  Search this
Drug Industry--history  Search this
Nonprescription Drugs--history  Search this
Analgesics--history  Search this
Headache--drug therapy  Search this
HEALTH & FITNESS--Diseases--Nervous System (incl. Brain)  Search this
MEDICAL--Neurology  Search this
Headache--Treatment  Search this
Andre fag (naturvidenskab og teknik)--Andre fag  Search this
Call number:
RB128 .M386 2004 (Internet)
Restrictions & Rights:
1-user
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1145562