From Medical Chemistry to Biochemistry: The Making of a Biomedical Discipline

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A detailed history of the emergence of biochemistry as a discipline separate from medical chemistry. Provides a penetrating study of institution building and entrepreneurship in science. The ultimate focus is on the impact of market relations and service roles in shaping the styles and priorities of the discipline in different institutional contexts.
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A detailed history of the emergence of biochemistry as a discipline separate from medical chemistry. Provides a penetrating study of institution building and entrepreneurship in science. The ultimate focus is on the impact of market relations and service roles in shaping the styles and priorities of the discipline in different institutional contexts.
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1. Introduction: On discipline history; 2. Physiological chemistry in Germany, 1840–1900; 3. Physiology and British biochemists, 1890–1920; 4. General biochemistry: the Cambridge school; 5. European ideals and American realities, 1870–1900; 6. The reform of medical education in America; 7. From medical chemistry to biochemistry: the emergence of a discipline; 8. Unity in diversity: the American Society of Biological Chemists; 9. The clinical connection: biochemistry as applied science; 10. Chemical ideals and biochemical practice; 11. Biological programs; 12. Epilogue: Toward a molecular biology?

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