The circulation of penicillin in Spain : health, wealth and authority /: health, wealth and authority. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: María Jesús Santesmases.
• Authors: Santesmases, María Jesús
• Contents: 1. Introduction: the West, Spain and the early circulation of penicillin.- 2. Fleming in Spain: the hero, the antimicrobial and the politics of public acclaim.- 3. Manufacturing penicillin: health, industry and gender.- 4. Smuggling: The management of scarcity and trade of penicillin as a post-war commodity.- 5. Modern Times: screening antibiotics and the factory line.- 6. A new promising drug: bacteria, antibiotics and marketing.- 7. Beyond healing: antibiotic resistance and regulatory regimes as agents in the Spanish transition to democracy.- 8. Penicillin in Spain, 1940s-1980s: Circulating health, research and gender.- 9. Final reflections.
• Publisher Details: Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white, and colour)
• Subjects: 615.32956540946; Penicillin -- History; Medical policy -- Spain -- History -- 20th century; Spain -- History -- 1939-1975
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319697185
• Related ISBNs: 9783319697178
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