Title: The Demon Under the Microscope: From Battlefield Hospitals to Nazi Labs, One Doctor's Heroic Search for the World's First Miracle Drug
Author: Thomas Hager
Year: 2006
Publisher: Harmony
Pages: 352
An interesting and useful account of the discovery and history of the sulfa drugs. It suffers from three major flaws: Skipping around in time, which makes the sequences hard to follow; repetitive information; and an overly dumbed-down presentation of not-very-technical material. It's also vague on the extent of IG Farben's Holocaust atrocities--they're mentioned in brief, but the overall attitude seems a bit apologist and dismissive.
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