The Circulation of Penicillin in Spain - Health, Wealth and Authority (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)

This book reconstructs the early circulation of penicillin in Spain, a country exhausted by civil war (1936-1939), and oppressed by Franco's dictatorship. Embedded in the post-war recovery, penicillin's voyages through time and across geographies - professional, political and social - were both material and symbolic. This powerful antimicrobial captivated the imagination of the general public, medical practice, science and industry, creating high expectations among patients, who at times experienced little or no effect. Penicillin's lack of efficacy against some microbes fueled the search for new wonder drugs and sustained a decades-long research agenda built on the post-war concept of development through scientific and technological achievements. This historical reconstruction of the social life of penicillin between the 1940s and 1980s - through the dictatorship to democratic transition - explores political, public, medical, experimental and gender issues, and the rise of antibiotic resistance.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
Release date:	February 2018
First published:	2018
Authors:	Maria Jesus Santesmases
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	239
Edition:	1st ed. 2018
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-69717-8
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Promotions
LSN:	3-319-69717-X
Barcode:	9783319697178

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