Historical perspectives on the role of the MRC: Essays in the history of the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom and its predecessor, the Medical Research Committee, 1913-1953 (1989)
Austoker, Joan (Editor)
Bryder, Linda (Editor)
Oxford University Press
Physical Details: xi + 259 pp.; notes; index
Description Contents: Bryder, Linda: Tuberculosis and the MRC. Austoker, Joan: Walter Morley Fletcher and the origins of a basic biomedical research policy. Austoker, Joan, Bryder, Linda: The National Institute for Medical Research and related activities of the MRC. Bryder, Linda: Public health research and the MRC. Petty, Celia: Primary research and public health: The prioritization of nutrition research in inter-war Britain. Beinart, Jennifer: The inner world of imperial sickness: The MRC and research in tropical medicine. Jones, Helen: Industrial health research under the MRC. Liebenau, Jonathan: The MRC and the pharmaceutical industry: The model of insulin. Cantor, David: The MRC's support for experimental radiology during the inter-war years. Booth, Christopher: Clinical research.
Review Tansey, E.M. (1991) Review of "Historical perspectives on the role of the MRC: Essays in the history of the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom and its predecessor, the Medical Research Committee, 1913-1953". Medical History (pp. 137-38).
Review Porter, D.E. (1991) Review of "Historical perspectives on the role of the MRC: Essays in the history of the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom and its predecessor, the Medical Research Committee, 1913-1953". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 112-14).
Review Sturdy, S. (1991) Review of "Historical perspectives on the role of the MRC: Essays in the history of the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom and its predecessor, the Medical Research Committee, 1913-1953". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 597-98).
Review Pfeffer, N. (1990) Review of "Historical perspectives on the role of the MRC: Essays in the history of the Medical Research Council of the United Kingdom and its predecessor, the Medical Research Committee, 1913-1953". Social History of Medicine (pp. 486-87).
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