Frances Oldham Kelsey, the FDA, and the battle against thalidomide

Acknowledgments

Introduction : a personal life, a national agency, and a global tragedy

Balgonie to Balgonie

University in Canada

Doctoral studies at the University of Chicago

Whales, cod, armadillos, and glass ceilings : the postdoctoral years

Wartime in Chicago

Marriage, motherhood, and medical school

Adventures in South Dakota

The early Washington years

The thalidomide file

The battle of the lady and the dragon

Thalidomide babies

The good mother of science : letters to Frances Kelsey

The Canadian connection

The living myth, 1963-1966

Negotiating Washington, 1966-1982

Peaches, oyster breath, and diet cola : public demands for product approvals

The ticking time bomb : diethylstilbestrol

Policing informed consent, 1960s-1990s

Babies and orphans : drug testing in utero and in children

Lasting memorials, everyday happenings

Epilogue

Notes

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Subject index.