Diphtheria 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 diphtheria.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Blood
Chapter 3: Transforming Serum into a Medical Drug
Chapter 4: Making the Serum Work
Chapter 5: Fitting Serum In: The Environment Shaping and Shaped by Serotherapy in France
Chapter 6: Branding French Serum
Chapter 7: Mothers, Children, Serum, Saints, and Scientists
Chapter 8: Serum and French Politics
Chapter 9: Conclusion

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Jonathan Simon is lecturer at Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.

Zusammenfassung

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 diphtheria.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jonathan Simon, Professor Jonathan Simon
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781498531474
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-3147-4
• Seiten: 168
• Serien: Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology; Postphenomenology and the Phil; Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology; Postphenomenology and the Phil
• Themen: Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Informatik, Technik > Medizin > Allgemeines; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Philosophie: Antike bis Gegenwart; France, European History, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, HISTORY / Europe / France, MEDICAL / History, MEDICAL / Forensic Medicine, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, History of Medicine, Western philosophy from c 1800, Forensic Medicine, Western Philosophy, From C 1900 -