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Devices and Designs: Medical Technologies in Historical Perspective (Science, Technology and Medicine in Modern History)
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by Carsten Timmermann and Julie Anderson
Sales Rank: 2260864
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List Price: $85.00
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 304 pages
Published by: Palgrave MacmillanEdition: 1st Edition January 9, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 1403986444
ISBN 13 Number: 978-1403986443
Book Dimensions:
8.6 x 5.3 x 0.9 inches
Weighs: 1.1 pounds
Product Description
In the last two centuries, medicine has been transformed by a number of major technological and organisational innovations. This edited collection looks at the role of medical technologies in the history of medicine, of new diagnostic and therapeutic tools, prostheses and apparatus. The volume also discusses the social, cultural, political and economic contexts from which these medical technologies emerged, and, in turn, how technical innovations gave rise to new social constellations. A central purpose of the volume is to show what consequences new practices linked to the uptake of certain technologies had for the history of medicine more widely.
About The Author
CARSTEN TIMMERMANN is a Wellcome Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of Manchester, UK. He works on the history of biomedicine and has published on medicine in interwar Germany and the histories of hypertension and lung cancer.
JULIE ANDERSON is a Research Fellow at the Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine and the Wellcome Unit at the University of Manchester, UK. Her areas of research include the history of disability and war. She is currently completing a book with John Pickstone on the history of hip replacement.
Reader Reviews
I am conducting research for a history of medicine graduate course. My research essay will focus on the history of Biomedical Engineering with a micro history on cardiology devices such as the defibrillator. Since this book is about the history of medical technology I thought it would be interesting. I found chapter 3 interesting when it contrasted technological determinism and social constructionist. The book moves beyond the "great man" theory of medicine but it could have provided a more holistic analysis of the history of medical technology. The authors constantly refer to science, technology, and medicine. But what about the profession behind technological innovation, the integrator of science and technology -- Engineering? And in the context of medical technology, Professional Engineers are the people integrating science, technology, life sciences, and medical practice to provide the artifacts physicians and surgeons need for medical practice and human health. There is an absence of this dimension and this undermines what is an excellent book. There is little mention of professional engineers and the Biomedical Engineering discipline. There is one tiny mention on a diagram on page 123 Figure 7.1 were BME gets a mention. The book reminds me of a study of the icing but not the cake. There is an invisible world behind medical technologies that is missing. I wonder are the authors suffering from the British malady by associating the word "Engineer" with trades people people who fix cars, washing machines, telephone lines. In fact most Engineers spent 4-8 years at university and another 4-6 years post graduate training just to gain professional licensing or registration as Chartered Engineers as it is called in the UK. Most Biomedical Engineers start with a first degree in Chemical, Mechanical, or Electrical engineering and then gain a PhD and many also hold additional degrees in medicine or a life science. It is a sad omission in what is an excellent book. This said - a great survey on a fascinating subject
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