Author: Don Ramon
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: leeches, prozac, viagra
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2006-03-29
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0595390889
ISBN-13: 9780595390885

The contents of this book originally appeared as columns in The Huntsville Item, in Huntsville, Texas. Here is a sampling of the comments the columns generated: "I laughed myself silly over Latin and German as applied to Sir Isaac Newton. Am sending a copy to my brother-in law..." J.S. "I laughed so loud my wife came in from the next room to see what was the matter." B.L. "That may be the funniest thing I’ve ever read." K.R. "I loved your limericks. I laughed till I cried." G.N. "Your column today was especially funny. I laughed so hard, I almost barfed!" N. W. "While Mary an

Author: Jie Jack Li
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: stories, drugs, human, lipitor, gas, viagra, laughing
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2006-09-07
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0195300998
ISBN-13: 9780195300994

The stories behind drug discovery are fascinating, full of human and scientific interest. This is a book on the history of drug discovery that highlights the intellectual splendor of discoverers as well as the human frailty associated them. History is replete with examples of breakthrough medicines that have saved millions of lives. Ether as an anesthetic by Morton; penicillin as an antibiotic by Fleming; and insulin as an anti-diabetic by Banting are just a few examples. The discoverers of these medicines are doubtlessly benefactors to mankind--for instance, without penicillin, 75% of us pr

Author: Jamie Reidy
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Keywords: salesman, viagra, evolution, hard
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2005-03-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0740750399
ISBN-13: 9780740750397

Jamie Reidy is to the pharmaceutical business what Jerry Maguire was to professional sports and Frank Abagnale (Catch Me If You Can) was to bank fraud. He’s the guy who’s been there, done that, and walked away with the insider stories. You’ll find yourself rooting for Reidy and at the same time, you’ll be shocked by the realities of the world that paid his salary. Hard Sell is a witty exposé of an industry that touches nearly everyone in contemporary America. It reveals the questionable practices of drug reps, nurses, and even physicians. Reidy traces his ups and downs

Author: Oscar Londo
Publisher: Ten Speed Pre
Keywords: essays, doctor, tricks, uplifting, medicine, viagra, magic, voodoo
Number of Pages: 144
Published: 2001-05-01
List price: $14.95
ISBN-10: 1580082874
ISBN-13: 9781580082877

The doctor who dispensed the invaluable advice KILL AS FEW PATIENTS AS POSSIBLE is at it again with a collection of waggish musings on everything from Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut to voodoo, ballerinas, and Krispy Kreme doughnuts. Dr. Oscar London’s FROM VOODOO TO VIAGRA pokes fun at the serious and sometimes outrageous world of medicine, from the ability of doctors to work in the face of disagreeable smells, to the surgeon who uses a scalpel to excise fat from the "B" in his BLT. No one in the medical community is safe from Dr. London’s fine-tuned wit. Whether you’