Diptheria serum as a technological object : a philosophical analysis of serotherapy in France 1894-1900 /

This book is a philosophical analysis of the development and production of the anti-diphtheria serum in France from 1894 to 1900. Jonathan Simon's unique approach considers serum, a medicinal drug, as a technological object and analyzes its insertion into the therapeutic environment of diphther...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Simon, Jonathan, 1964- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Lexington Books, 2016.
Series:Postphenomenology and the philosophy of technology
Subjects:
1800-1999
Diphtheria > France > History > 19th century.
Diphtheria > France > History > 20th century.
Serotherapy > France > History > 19th century.
Serotherapy > France > History > 20th century.
Diphtheria Antitoxin > history
Diphtérie > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Diphtérie > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Sérothérapie > France > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Sérothérapie > France > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Diphtheria
Serotherapy
France
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Blood
  • Transforming serum into a medical drug
  • Making the serum work
  • Fitting serum in: the environment shaping and shaped by serotherapy in France
  • Branding French serum
  • Mothers, children, serum, saints, and scientists
  • Serum and French politics.

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