Article ID: CBB001251111

“Life in a Germ-Free World”: Isolating Life from the Laboratory Animal to the Bubble Boy (2012)

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This article examines a specific technology, the germ-free "isolator," tracing its development across three sites: (1) the laboratory for the production of standard laboratory animals, (2) agriculture for the efficient production of farm animals, and (3) the hospital for the control and prevention of cross-infection and the protection of individuals from infection. Germ-free technology traveled across the laboratory sciences, clinical and veterinary medicine, and industry, yet failed to become institutionalized outside the laboratory. That germ-free technology worked was not at issue. Working, however, was not enough. Examining the history of a technology that failed to find widespread application reveals the labor involved in aligning cultural, societal, and material factors necessary for successful medical innovation.

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Description On germ-free “isolator” technology, in laboratory, agricultural, and hospital settings.


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Authors & Contributors
Büttner, Johannes
Danisman, H. Günhan
Davis, William E., Jr.
del Castillo Belmonte, Angel
Devine, Shauna
Diser, Lyvia
Journals
Agricultural History
Berichte zur Wissenschaftsgeschichte
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
Journal of the History of Biology
Publishers
Nuttall Ornithological Club
Princeton University
McGill-Queen's University Press
University of California Press
University of Western Ontario (Canada)
Webster University
Concepts
Hospitals and clinics
Medical technology
Laboratories
Medicine
Agriculture
Fertilization, in vitro
People
Darwin, Charles Robert
Mendel, Gregor Johann
Schwann, Theodor
Shelford, Victor Ernest
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, late
21st century
20th century, early
Modern
Places
United States
Africa
Canada
Central Europe
Ottoman Empire
Belgium
Institutions
Nuttall Ornithological Club
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