Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History

Gradmann, C.; Simon, J.

Following the testing of therapeutic sera, the quantified evaluation of a pharmaceutical's efficacy became a key feature of medicine in the twentieth century. The case studies in this volume offer comparisons across Europe, from the diphtheria antitoxin in the late 1800s to the introduction of the Salk polio vaccine in the 1950s.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-04-09

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230202818

DOI: 10.1057/9780230285590

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 266