'A river that is cutting its own bed': The serology of syphilis between laboratory, society and the law

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 509-524

  Löwy, Ilana ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Disease screening; Ludwik Fleck; Premarital testing; Regulation; Serology; Syphilis; Wassermann reaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144316841     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2004.06.006     Document Type: Article

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