Happy Accidents Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs

Name: Happy Accidents Serendipity in Modern Medical Breakthroughs
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ISBN: 9781559708456

ISBN-10: 155970845X

ISBN-13: 9781559708456

Edition: Revised

Authors: Morton A. Meyers

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What do penicillin, chemotherapy drugs, X-rays,antidepressants, and Viagra have in common? They were each discoveredaccidentally, found in the search for something else. Winston Churchillonce said, +'Men occasionally stumble across the truth, but most of thempick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing has happened.+" Within thescientific community, there is a stigma attached to the chance discoverybecause it is seen, wrongly, as a simple matter of luck. Happy accidentstake place every day, but it requires intelligence, insight, and creativityto recognize a +'Eureka!+" moment when it occurs, and to know what to donext. Drawing on his personal experience, research, and interviews…

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List price: $17.99
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Publication date: 12/8/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 390
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.276
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: Serendipity, Science's Well-Guarded Secret


The Dawn of a New Era: Infectious Diseases and Antibiotics, the Miracle Drugs


How Antony's Little Animals Led to the Development of Germ Theory


The New Science of Bacteriology


Good Chemistry


The Art of Dyeing


Mold, Glorious Mold


Pay Dirt


The Mysterious Protein from Down Under


"This Ulcer 'Bugs' Me!"


The Smell of Garlic Launches the War on Cancer


Tragedy at Bari


Antagonists to Cancer


Veni, Vidi, Vinca: The Healing Power of Periwinkle


A Heavy Metal Rocks: The Value of Platinum


Sex Hormones


Angiogenesis: The Birth of Blood Vessels


Aspirin Kills More than Pain


Thalidomide: From Tragedy to Hope


A Sick Chicken Leads to the Discovery of Cancer-Accelerating Genes


A Contaminated Vaccine Leads to Cancer-Braking Genes


From Where It All Stems


The Industrialization of Research and the War on Cancer


Lessons Learned


A Quivering Quartz String Penetrates the Mystery of the Heart


An Unexpected Phenomenon: It's Electric!


What a Catheter Can Do


"Dottering"


A Stitch in Time


The Nobel Committee Says Yes to NO


"It's Not You, Honey, It's NO"


What's Your Number?


Thinning the Blood


The Flaw Lies in the Chemistry, Not the Character: Mood-Stabilizing Drugs, Antidepressants, and Other Psychotropics


It Began with a Dream


Mental Straitjackets: Shocking Approaches


Ice-Pick Psychiatry


Lithium


Thorazine


Your Town, My Town, Miltown!


Conquering the "Beast" of Depression


Librium and Valium


"That's Funny, I Have the Same Bug!"


LSD


Conclusion: Taking a Chance on Chance: Cultivating Serendipity


Acknowledgments


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Illustration Credits


Index