Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society

166 375. Twentieth century after 1950
ill; bibl.; index.) Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press,
2003. ISBN: 0802087485.
Autobiographical account of Canadian scientist’s efforts to
find, isolate, and sequence RNA from the virus. Reviews:
[ref. R248]
3658. FERRAIOLO, Kathleen Grammatico. “Popular
‘Medicine’: Policymaking by Direct Democracy and
the Medical Marijuana Movement of the 1990s.”
Diss. Abstr. Int. A 65/04 (2004): 1520.
Dissertation at the University of Virginia, 2004. Adviser:
Ceaser, James. UMI pub. no. 3131466. 236 pp.
3659. FRAGU, Philippe. “How the Field of Thyroid
Endocrinology Developed in France after World War
II.” Bull. Hist. Med. 77 (2003): 393–414.
3660. FRY, Peter H. “O significado da anemia falciforme
no contexto da ‘política racial’ do governo
brasileiro 1995–2004.” Translated title: [The significance
of sickle cell anemia within the context of
the Brazilian government’s “racial policies” (1995–
2004).] In Portuguese. [ref. 3468]. Manguinhos 12
(2005): 347–370.
3661. GANDY, Matthew, and Alimuddin ZUMLA.
(Eds.) Return of the White Plague: Global Poverty
and the “New” Tuberculosis. (vi + 330 pp.; ill.; bibl.;
index.) London; New York: Verso, 2003. ISBN:
1859846696.
Reviews: [ref. R328]
3662. GILBERT, Scott F., and Rebecca HOWES-
MISCHEL. “ ‘Show Me Your Original Face Before
You Were Born’: The Convergence of Public Fetuses
and Sacred DNA.” Hist. Phil. Life Sci. 26 (2004):
377–394.
Focus on the way fetal imagery and the molecular understanding
of fertilization affect the abortion controversy.
3663. GONZÁLEZ SILVA, Matiana. “Del factor sociológico
al factor genético. Genes y enfermedad en
las páginas de El País (1976–2002).” IV Premio Dynamis
de fomento a la investigación en historia de la
medicina y de la salud. Dynamis 25 (2005): 487–512.
3664. HOUCK, Judith A. “ ‘What Do These Women
Want?’ Feminist Responses to Feminine Forever,
1963–1980.” Bull. Hist. Med. 77 (2003): 103–132.
3665. JENSEN, Casper Bruun. “An Experiment in
Performative History: Electronic Patient Records as a
Future-Generating Device.” Soc. Stud. Sci. 35 (2005):
241–267.
Focus on Denmark.
3666. KENNY, Michael G. “A Question of Blood,
Race, and Politics.” J. Hist. Med. Allied Sci. 61
(2006): 456–491.
On a 1959 proposal during the meeting of the American
Society of Blood Banks to divide the blood supply by race.
3667. KUSHNER, Howard I., Christena L. TURNER,
John F. BASTIAN, and Jane C. BURNS. “The Narratives
of Kawasaki Disease.” Bull. Hist. Med. 78
(2004): 410–439.
3668. LEAVITT, Sarah A. “ ‘A Private Little Revolution’:
The Home Pregnancy Test in American
Culture.” Bull. Hist. Med. 80 (2006): 317–345.
3669. LINDEE, M. Susan. Moments of Truth in
Genetic Medicine. (xii + 270 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index.)
Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2005.
ISBN: 0801881757.
Looks at the efforts of geneticists and other specialists in
identifying and classifying disease from 1950 to 1980.
3670. LUNA, Naara. “Natureza humana criada em
laboratório: biologização e genetização do parentesco
nas novas tecnologias reprodutivas.” Translated
title: [Human nature created in the laboratory: the
biologization and genetization of kinship in new reproductive
technologies.] In Portuguese. [ref. 3468].
Manguinhos 12 (2005): 395–417.
3671. MILLER, Fiona Alice. “Dermatoglyphics and
the Persistence of ‘Mongolism’: Networks of Technology,
Disease and Discipline.” Soc. Stud. Sci. 33
(2003): 75–94.
On the use of this older term for Down syndrome and its
ramifications for diagnosis and theoretical understanding of
the disease.
3672. MOONEY, Sharon Fish. “Worldviews in Conflict:
A Historical and Sociological Analysis of the
Controversy Surrounding Therapeutic Touch in Nursing.”
Diss. Abstr. Int. B 66/03 (2005): 1398.
Dissertation at the University of Rochester School of Nursing,
2005. Adviser: Schmitt, Madeline. UMI pub. no. 3166442.
344 pp.
3673. MOREIRA, Tiago. “Heterogeneity and Coordination
of Blood Pressure in Neurosurgery.” Soc.
Stud. Sci. 36 (2006): 69–97.
Explores reasons for use of both finger and sphygmomanometer
measurements in modern neurosurgery.
3674. MULLENS, Lauri. “Leaky Bodies: Epidemic
Disease in Contemporary American Television.”
Diss. Abstr. Int. A 65/07 (2005): 2416.
Dissertation at the University of Southern California, 2004.
Adviser: McPherson, Tara. UMI pub. no. 3140522. 323 pp.
3675. PARTHASARATHY, Shobita. “Architectures of
Genetic Medicine: Comparing Genetic Testing for
Breast Cancer in the USA and the UK.” Soc. Stud.
Sci. 35 (2005): 5–40.
3676. PRENTICE, Rachel. “Bodies of Information:
Reinventing Bodies and Practice in Medical Education.”
Diss. Abstr. Int. A 65/05 (2004): 1845.
Dissertation at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2004.
Adviser: Turkle, Sherry. UMI pub. no. 0806384.
3677. PRENTICE, Rachel. “The Anatomy of a Surgical
Simulation: The Mutual Articulation of Bodies in
and through the Machine.” Soc. Stud. Sci. 35 (2005):
837–866.
3678. RAWLING, Bill. “No Task Fit for a Soldier?
Canadian Forces Medical Personnel and Humanitarian
Relief Missions since the Second World War.”
Sci. Canadensis 26 (2002): 79–102.
3679. RIER, David A. “Gender, Lifecourse and Publication
Decisions in Toxic-Exposure Epidemiology:
‘Now!’ Versus ‘Wait a Minute!’ ” Soc. Stud. Sci. 33
(2003): 269–300.
3680. SEGUIN, Eve. “The BSE Saga: A Cannibalistic
Tale.” Sci. Cult. 12 (2003): 3–22.
An investigation of 20th-century scientific attitudes towards
cannibalism culminating in discussion of mad cow disease.
3681. SILVERMAN, Chloe. “A Disorder of Affect:
Love, Tragedy, Biomedicine, and Citizenship
in American Autism Research, 1943–2003.” Diss.
Abstr. Int. A 65/06 (2004): 2338.