From Medical Chemistry to Biochemistry The Making of a Biomedical Discipline

Klappentext This penetrating case study of institution building and entrepreneurship in science shows how a minor medical specialty evolved into a large and powerful academic discipline. Zusammenfassung This penetrating case study of institution building and entrepreneurship in science shows how a minor medical speciality evolved into a large and powerful academic discipline. Drawing extensively on little-used archival sources! the author analyses in detail how biomedical science became a central part of medical training and practice. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: On discipline history; 2. Physiological chemistry in Germany, 1840-1900; 3. Physiology and British biochemists, 1890-1920; 4. General biochemistry: the Cambridge school; 5. European ideals and American realities, 1870-1900; 6. The reform of medical education in America; 7. From medical chemistry to biochemistry: the emergence of a discipline; 8. Unity in diversity: the American Society of Biological Chemists; 9. The clinical connection: biochemistry as applied science; 10. Chemical ideals and biochemical practice; 11. Biological programs; 12. Epilogue: Toward a molecular biology?

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Robert E. Kohler, Kohler Robert E., Kohler Robert E.
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 27.11.2008
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Biologia > Biochimica, biofisica
• EAN: 9780521090476
• ISBN: 978-0-521-09047-6
• Numero di pagine: 412
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in the Histo; Cambridge Studies in the History of Medicine
• Categorie: MEDICAL / History; biochemistry; History of Medicine; History of Science