Pneumonia before antibiotics : therapeutic evolution and evaluation in twentieth-century America / Scott H. Podolsky.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Podolsky, Scott H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pneumonia, Pneumococcal--United States--History--20th century.

Pneumonia, Pneumococcal.

Pneumonia, Pneumococcal--Treatment--United States--History--20th century.

Pneumonia, Pneumococcal--Chemotherapy--United States--History--20th century.

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

Serotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (267 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This intriguing study will interest historians of medicine and science, policymakers, and clinicians alike.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Patterns of Resistance

PART I: SEROTHERAPY AND THE RISE OF THE SPECIFIC, 1891 - 1930

1 The Advent of Type-Specific Antipneumococcal Serotherapy

2 A "Specific" Specific and the Turbid Age of Applied Immunology

3 Fundamental Tensions: Clinical "Proof" and Clinical Resistance

PART II: THE TRANSFORMATION OF PNEUMONIA INTO A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN, 1930 - 1939

4 The Massachusetts Experiment and New (York) Tensions

5 The New Standard, the New Deal, and the Pneumonia Control Programs

PART III: RESOLUTION: THE ANTIMICROBIAL "REVOLUTION" AND THE DECLINE OF SEROTHERAPY, 1939 - PRESENT

6 Histology of a Revolution

7 A "Modern" Revolution: The Limits and Uses of Controlled Clinical Trials

8 The Dismantling of Pneumonia as a Public Health Concern

Conclusion: Overcoming Resistance

Notes

Index

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Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-246) and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-8018-8928-6

OCLC:

213305563