Umfang:
XVII, 260 S.
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Illustrationen
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9781315654447
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9781317319078
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9781317319085
Serie:
Studies for the Society for the Social History of Medicine
Inhalt:
The use of biologics - drugs made from living organisms - has raised specific scientific, industrial, medical and legal issues. The essays contained in this collection each deal with a case study of a biologic substance, or group of biologics, and its use during the twentieth century
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
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Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; List of Figures; Biologics: An Introduction; 1. Standardization and Clinical Use; 2. Biologics in the Colonies; 3. Standardizing the Experimental System; 4. Cultures of Subjectivity; 5. Vital Regulators of Efficiency; 6. The Detachability of Reproductive Cells; 7. Human Tissues and Organs; 8. The Science of Measuring Vitamins; 9. The German Pharmaceutical Industry and the Standardization of Insulin Before the Second World War; 10. 'There is a Frog in South America / Whose Venom is a Cure'; Commentary; Notes; Index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781138662971
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781848934306
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Biologics, a history of agents made from living organisms in the twentieth century London [u.a.] : Pickering & Chatto, 2013 ISBN 9781848934306
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Medizin
Schlagwort(e):
Arzneimittel
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Geschichte 1880-1980
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.4324/9781315654447
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