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Diphtheria Serum as a Technological Object - A Philosophical Analysis of Serotherapy in France 1894-1900 (Hardcover)
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Diphtheria Serum as a Technological Object - A Philosophical Analysis of Serotherapy in France 1894-1900 (Hardcover)
Series: Postphenomenology and the Philosophy of Technology
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Introduced in 1894 as a treatment for a deadly childhood disease,
the diphtheria serum stands as a milestone in pharmaceutical
history. Diphtheria Serum as a Technological Object: A
Philosophical Analysis of Serotherapy in France 1894-1900 considers
the production and use of this serum in France, analyzing the drug
in terms of a technological object. To do this, Jonathan Simon
draws on the philosophy of technology, exploring the application of
this approach to medical drugs and suggesting how such an analysis
can in turn contribute to this domain of philosophy. Starting with
the manufacture of the serum from horses' blood, Simon then
considers the processes involved in transforming the blood serum
into a legal medical drug and establishing its efficacy as a
treatment against diphtheria. The book looks at the place the drug
assumed in French society at the time, as well as the legal and
political implications of its manufacture and use. All these
elements are deployed to characterize a specifically French serum,
as the author argues that the constitution of the drug in its full
sense is not only technical but also social, political, and legal.
Considering the serum as technological object facilitates a
philosophical reflection on the nature of medical drugs in general
by means of a thorough analysis of this particular historical
example. The insights offered in this book will be of interest to
students and scholars working on the philosophy of technology,
particularly the medical sciences, as well as to historians of
medicine, particularly those interested in the history of pharmacy.
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