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Accepted Contribution:
New Pasteurian histories: microbial cures in early twentieth-century Eurasia
Johanna Conterio
(University of Oslo)
While most histories of modern bacteriology focus on the discovery of bacteria in the context of understanding infectious disease, this paper will focus on early research on the therapeutic qualities of bacteria and the ontologies and epistemologies surrounding this research.
Contribution long abstract:
While most histories of modern bacteriology focus on the discovery of bacteria in the context of understanding infectious disease, this paper will focus on early research on the therapeutic qualities of bacteria and the ontologies and epistemologies surrounding this research, using this example to reflect on the history of modern biomedicine.