From the Book - First edition.
Introduction: Searching the library of Babel
So easy a caveman can do it: the unlikely origins of drug hunting
Countess Chinchón's cure: the library of botanical medicine
Standard Oil and standard ether: the library of industrial medicine
Indigo, crimson, and violet: the library of synthetic medicine
The magic bullet: we figure out how drugs actually work
Medicine that kills: the tragic birth of drug regulation
The official manual of drug hunting: pharmacology becomes a science
Beyond Salvarsan: the library of dirty medicine
The pig elixir: the library of genetic medicine
From blue death to beta blockers: the library of epidemiological medicine
The pill: drug hunters striking gold outside of Big Pharma
Mystery cures: discovering drugs through blind luck
Conclusion: The future of the drug hunter: the Chevy Volt and the Lone Ranger.
