The contributors present a coherent set of case studies of practices, technologies and strategies aimed at the isolation, investigation, manipulation, production, and uses of molecules including vitamins, hormones, blood products, antibiotics, and vaccines. These case studies examine how processes of molecularization were set in motion in the inter-war period, how they were used as a resource in the biomedical 'mobilization' of World War II, and how new alliances and strategies created as part of the war effort played a central role in the reorganisation of biomedicine in the post-war period.
- ISBN10 1135297967
- ISBN13 9781135297961
- Publish Date 2 September 2003 (first published 5 May 1998)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format eBook
- Pages 322
- Language English