Frances Oldham Kelsey, the FDA, and the Battle against Thalidomide By Cheryl Krasnick Warsh Material:Soft Cover My fathers plan

My fathers plan

it threatens to engulf the world

All loose ends are tied up

and she can take others with her

Frances Oldham Kelsey, the FDA, and the Battle against Thalidomide By Cheryl Krasnick Warsh Material:Soft Cover My fathers planThe woman scientist who saved Americans from thalidomide In the early 1960s, Dr. Frances Oldham Kelsey of the U. S. Food and Drug Administration became one of the most celebrated women in America when she prevented a deadly sedative from entering the U. S. market. A Canadian born pharmacologist and physician, Kelsey saved countless Americans from the devastating side effects of thalidomide, a drug routinely given to pregnant women to prevent morning