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- Title
The Dynamics of Wertbestimmung.
- Authors
Hüntelmann, Axel C.
- Abstract
The article discusses the role of the Wertbestimmung procedure in the implementation of serum therapy and the standardization of mass- produced pharmaceuticals. It describes the initial context of Wertbestimmung and the institutionalization of the procedure during 1894-1895. It focuses on the serum producers that entered the market in 1895, the refinements in the evaluation procedure in 1897 and the enlargement of Wertbestimmung to include the diagnostic use of tuberculin in 1899. It draws on a compendium published in 1906 outlining state control of sera to analyze standardization practices. It assesses effort to re-stabilize the framework of the Wertbestimmung in an international context in the 1920s.
- Subjects
SERUM; THERAPEUTICS; DRUGS; TUBERCULIN; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS
- Publication
Science in Context (0269-8897), 2008, Vol 21, Issue 2, p229
- ISSN
0269-8897
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0269889708001701