| «The Greatest Good to the Greatest Number»: Penicillin Rationing on the American Home Front, 1940-1945 Contributor(s): Adams, David P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820412848 ISBN-13: 9780820412849 Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi OUR PRICE: $50.30 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Health Care Delivery - History | Historiography - History | United States - 19th Century |
| Dewey: 362.178 |
| LCCN: 90006081 |
| Series: American University Studies |
| Physical Information: 228 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this work, the author examines the interaction of wartime bureaucracy, the academic medical establishment, and home front civilians. Drawing on a wide range of archival and oral sources, Adams presents a fascinating - and often poignant - account of the difficult biomedical decisions which accompanied the introduction of penicillin during the Second World War. The author traces the effect of the -wonder drug of 1943- on postwar American society. This work represents a useful volume for scholars in the areas of twentieth century history of medicine, social history, and history of public policy." |