Devices and Designs
Medical Technologies in Historical Perspective
J Anderson editor C Timmermann editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Palgrave USA
Published:31st Oct '06
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
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.