The book, which describes the history of the hormone cortisone between 1900 and 1955 is taken from the author's dissertation on "History of Technology" at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (History of Technology). Readers who expect a simple description of the chemical and pharmacological development of cortisone are in for a surprise. Instead, the book gives a very interesting and unusual overview of the development of a drug, against the background of the circumstances and social history of the times.
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