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Devices and Designs

Medical Technologies in Historical Perspective

J Anderson editor C Timmermann editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Palgrave USA

Published:31st Oct '06

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In this volume, leading scholars in the history and sociology of medicine focus their attention on the material cultures of health care. They analyze how technology has become so central to medicine over the last two centuries and how we are coping with the consequences.

'An excellent introduction to current historical approaches and subjects in the continuing interaction of medicine and technology.' - Susan E. Lederer, The British Journal for the History of Science

'This is a rich collection with many satisfying and thought-provoking articles that should engage not just historians interested in technology but anyone concerned with modern medicine, its origins and implications.' - Jane Seymour, Wellcome History

ISBN: 9781403986443

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 530g

284 pages

2006 ed.