Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and Its Revival as a Vital Medicine

Author:
Trent Stephens and Rock Brynner
Publisher:
Perseus Publishing
Reviewed in:
Spring 2002
Category:

Rock Brynner, a historian and former road manager for The Band and for Bob Dylan, and Trent Stephens, professor of anatomy and embryology at Idaho State University, teamed up to present the past and the present of the powerful drug thalidomide. They ask and answer the question, "Could a substance that killed and deformed thousands be the next miracle drug?"