HIST 249 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Gerhard Domagk, William Bayliss, Frederick Banting

• School: McGill University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 249
• Professor: Faith Wallis

Document Summary

Two layers of modern medicine that are in place, in the 20th century a new layer is introduced (technology). It continues the shift away from the patient towards the doctors. Then away from the doctor to the laboratory and now it involves machines. New kind of research context; laboratories in large institutions (interdisciplinary). Germany: paul ehrlich and hoechst (provided funding) France: pasteur institutes (founded in many french cities by public subscription and subsequently through profit from vaccines) Uk: lister institute to medical research council (anti-vivisectionist views / against experimental medicine) (anti-vaccination movement) funded, but not enough money to compete with france and germany. Us: rockefeller institute (initial focus: basic science and biomedical engineering) (transplant surgery / alex) / established dna, blood groups, cell biology, antibodies, aids cocktail therapy. Kymograph (symbol of 19th c. physiology), sphygmomanometer, electrocardiograph (cid:862)(cid:448)ital(cid:863) fu(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:373)easura(cid:271)le ph(cid:455)si(cid:272)al phe(cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)a. Disease retreats e(cid:448)e(cid:374) further fro(cid:373) patie(cid:374)t"s (cid:894)a(cid:374)d e(cid:448)e(cid:374) md"s(cid:895) e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e.