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Sketching together the modern histories of science, technology, and medicine.
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PMID:  21667781     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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This essay explores ways to "write together" the awkwardly jointed histories of "science" and "me dicine"--but it also includes other "arts" (in the old sense) and technologies. It draws especially on the historiography of medicine, but I try to use terms that are applicable across all of science, technology, and medicine (STM). I stress the variety of knowledges and practices in play at any time and the ways in which the ensembles change. I focus on the various relations of "science" and "medicine," as they were understood for a succession of periods--from mainly agricultural societies, through industrial societies, to our biomedical present--trying to sketch a history that encompasses daily practices and understandings as well as major conceptual and technical innovations. The model is meant to facilitate inquiry across topics and across times, including those to come.
Authors:
John V Pickstone
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Isis; an international review devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences     Volume:  102     ISSN:  0021-1753     ISO Abbreviation:  Isis     Publication Date:  2011 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-06-14     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  2985182R     Medline TA:  Isis     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  123-33     Citation Subset:  IM; Q    
Affiliation:
Centre for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (CHSTM), Simon Building, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom John.Pickstone@manchester.ac.uk
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