• Attribution:

  • James Black:  "The late Scottish pharmacologist Sir James W. Black (1924-2012) revolutionized medical treatment of hypertension and angina with his invention of propranolol, the first ever beta blocker. 

  • This and his synthesis of cimetidine, used for the peptic ulcers, earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1988." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmgFkkMnoVA (published 6/2017)

  • (Isoprenaline discussed in the video is also known as isoproterenol.)

  • Web of Stories - Life Stories of Remarkable People Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrN1lcGgsCB9axGjZjpOqiQ

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