{"product_id":"9781400082148","title":"The Demon Under the Microscope","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn\u003ci\u003e The Demon Under the Microscope\u003c\/i\u003e, Thomas Hager   chronicles the dramatic history of sulfa, the first antibiotic and the drug that shaped modern medicine.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The Nazis discovered it. The Allies won the war with it. It conquered diseases, changed   laws, and single-handedly launched the era of antibiotics. Sulfa saved   millions of lives—among them those of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt   Jr.—but its real effects are even more far reaching. Sulfa changed the way new drugs   were developed, approved, and sold; transformed the way doctors treated patients;   and ushered in the era of modern medicine. The very concept that chemicals created   in a lab could cure disease revolutionized medicine, taking it from the treatment   of symptoms and discomfort to the eradication of the root cause of illness. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A strange   and colorful story,\u003ci\u003e The Demon Under the Microscope\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the vivid characters,   corporate strategy, individual idealism, careful planning, lucky breaks, cynicism,   heroism, greed, hard work, and the central (though mistaken) idea that brought sulfa   to the world. This is a fascinating scientific tale with all the excitement and intrigue   of a great suspense novel.","brand":"Thomas Hager","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":46458855063764,"sku":"9781400082148","price":17.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/9208\/files\/BNCImageAPI_8b12e9d9-8abd-45cf-a56c-2bc624e4bbd5.jpg?v=1751572121","url":"https:\/\/penguinshop.ca\/products\/9781400082148","provider":"Penguin Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}