How Long to Read A History of the Medicines We Take

How Long Does it Take to Read A History of the Medicines We Take?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read A History of the Medicines We Take by Anthony C Cartwright

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

A History of the Medicines We Take gives a lively account of the development of medicines from traces of herbs found with the remains of Neanderthal man, to prescriptions written on clay tablets from Mesopotamia in the third millennium BC, to pure drugs extracted from plants in the nineteenth century to the latest biotechnology antibody products. The first ten chapters of the book in PART ONE give an account of the development of the active drugs from herbs used in early medicine, many of which are still in use, to the synthetic chemical drugs and modern biotechnology products. The remaining eight chapters in PART TWO tell the story of the developments in the preparations that patients take and their inventors, such as Christopher Wren, who gave the first intravenous injection in 1656, and William Brockedon who invented the tablet in 1843. The book traces the changes in patterns of prescribing from simple dosage forms, such as liquid mixtures, pills, ointments, lotions, poultices, powders for treating wounds, inhalations, eye drops, enemas, pessaries and suppositories mentioned in the Egyptian Ebers papyrus of 1550 BCE to the complex tablets, injections and inhalers in current use. Today nearly three-quarters of medicines dispensed to patients are tablets and capsules. A typical pharmacy now dispenses about as many prescriptions in a working day as a mid-nineteenth- century chemist did in a whole year.

How long is A History of the Medicines We Take?

A History of the Medicines We Take by Anthony C Cartwright is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A History of the Medicines We Take Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read A History of the Medicines We Take aloud.

What Reading Level is A History of the Medicines We Take?

A History of the Medicines We Take is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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