"A fascinating history of the development of clinical trials and the thinking behind them" Literary Review "For all the wizardry of modern medicine, with its bionic limbs and targeted drugs, doctors still cannot assume they have all the answers. This book offers a valuable inoculation against complacency" New Scientist "Taking The Medicine is both an assault on the myths of the infallible doctor and a history of pharmacology - the search for the one, true treatment... Burch makes a compelling case" Sunday Telegraph "Each chapter is a self-contained pleasure to read, like mini-fables on the perils of medicine" Sunday Times "Burch approaches his task with vigour and pace, exploring the therapeutic failures of doctors over the ages...there is much of interest as the story unfolds" Irish Times
