The progress of experiment : science and therapeutic reform in the United States, 1900-1990 / Harry M. Marks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marks, Harry M., 1947-

Series:

Cambridge history of medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Therapeutics--United States--History--20th century.

Therapeutics.

Drugs--United States--Testing--History--20th century.

Drugs.

Drugs--Law and legislation.

History.

United States.

Testing.

Drugs--Law and legislation--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xi, 258 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Summary:

Explores the origins of contemporary drug regulation and the modern clinical trial.

Contents:

Part I. Of Institutions and Character: the Era of Organizational Reform 15

1 A rational therapeutics 17

2 Memories of underdevelopment: Therapeutic research in the United States, 1900-1935 42

3 Playing it safe: The Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 71

4 War and peace 98

Part II. Of Methods and Institutions, or the Triumph of Statistics 129

5 Managing chance: Statistics and therapeutic experiments, 1950-1960 136

6 You gotta have heart 164

7 Anatomy of a controversy: The University Group Diabetes Program study 197

8 The dreams of reason: Retrospect and prospect 229.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0521581427

0521785618