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The Origin of the Production of Diphtheria Antitoxin in France, between Philanthropy and Commerce (2007)

Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam
Volume: 27
Pages: 63--82

Publication Date: 2007
Edition Details: Dossier: Science, Industry and Charities around Diphtheria Serotherapy in France and Germany
Language: English

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Public health Therapeutic practice; therapy; treatment Public policy Microbiology Medicine and government Vaccines; vaccination Pharmacy Privately sponsored science; philanthropy Diphtheria Pharmaceutical industry 19th century France Institut Pasteur, Paris

Serotherapy for the treatment of diphtheria represented a major therapeutic innovation at the end of the nineteenth century. The manner in which large-scale production of this medicament was undertaken and the regulations that governed its production and distribution were important elements of public health policy in France as in other European countries. This paper describes the dominance of the Pasteur Institute in this field and, starting from this observation, explores what this event in the history of medicine can tell us about the governance of public health in fin-de-siècle France. The particular organization of this institute and its monopoly of specialist microbiological knowledge allowed it to raise money for serum production from both private and public sources, walking the line between a commercial pharmaceutical venture and a philanthropic enterprise.

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Article Rodríguez-Ocaña, Esteban (2007) The Social Production of Novelty: Diphtheria Serotherapy, “Herald of the New Medicine”. Dynamis: Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque Historiam Illustrandam (p. 21). unapi

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