CHAPTER FIVE / CHAPITRE CINQ
First
Do No Harm: History of Treatment, Pharmacology and Pharmaceuticals
D’abord, ne pas nuire: antécédents
de traitements, pharmacologie
et produits pharmaceutiques
Topics
on this page / Sujets ici
Antiquity to Enlightenment / Antiquité aux Lumières
Herbals and Folk Medicine /Médecine
botanique et populaire
Pharma Industry/ Industrie pharmaceutique
Specific Drugs / Quelques médicaments
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