Book ID: CBB001252747

Bakterien in Krieg und Frieden: eine Geschichte der medizinischen Bakteriologie in Deutschland 1890--1933 (2009)

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Berger, Silvia (Author)


Wallstein Verlag


Publication Date: 2009
Physical Details: 476 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: German

When the WHO announced the eradication of smallpox in 1980, the vision of a world free of infectious diseases seemed to be within reach. For the first time, it seemed possible to wipe out epidemics by means of bacteriology. However, just a short time later, when new pathogens emerged and old ones resurfaced that had long since been considered defeated, it became clear that this was an illusion. Focussing on Germany between 1890 and 1933, Silvia Berger reveals that this was not the first time that the belief in the possibility of controlling infectious diseases had been shattered. After the First World War, bacteriology was already facing a serious crisis. The dream of destroying all invisible enemies and creating pure bodies and territories, rigorously pursued by military bacteriologists between 1914 and 1918, now faded into the background. In the 1920s, the scientists working in this exclusive field were forced to admit that they were no longer in a position to explain the complex interaction of micro and macro-organisms with their hypotheses. Rather than being considered a war, the relationship between bacteria and humans began to be expressed in terms such as balance or symbiosis, as a kind of peaceful co-existence.

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Review Gaudillière, Jean-Paul (2013) Review of "Bakterien in Krieg und Frieden: eine Geschichte der medizinischen Bakteriologie in Deutschland 1890--1933". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 168-170). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Carter, Eric D.
Velmet, Aro
Aeka Ishihara
Martín Espinosa, Noelia María
Dwyer, Michael
Ayarzagüena Sanz, Mariano
Concepts
Public health
Bacteriology
Prevention and control of disease
Vaccines; vaccination
Medicine and government
Diphtheria
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Germany
France
England
Argentina
United States
Great Britain
Institutions
Institut für Infektionskrankheiten, Berlin
Institut Pasteur, Paris
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