From prophylaxis to atomic cocktail : circulation of radioiodine
Santesmases, María Jesús (Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Espanya). Centro de Ciencias Humanas y Sociales. Instituto de Filosofía)
Date: |
2009 |
Abstract: |
This paper is a history of iodine. To trace the trajectory of this element, goiter is used as a guideline for the articulation of a historical account, as a representation of thyroid disorders and of the spaces of knowledge and practices related to iodine. Iodine's journey from goiter treatment and prophylaxis in the late interwar period took on a new course after WWII by including the element's radioactive isotopes. I intend to show how the introduction of radioiodine contributed to stabilize the epistemic role of iodine, in both its non-radioactive and radioactive form, in thyroid gland studies and in the treatment of its disorders. |
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Anglès |
Document: |
Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada |
Subject: |
Iode radioactiu ;
Endocrinologia ;
Espanya ;
Junta d'Energia Nuclear ;
Goll ;
Relacions diplomàtiques hispanoestadounidenses ;
Yodo radioactivo ;
Endocrinología ;
España ;
Junta de Energía Nuclear ;
Gregorio Marañón ;
Bocio ;
Relaciones diplomáticas hispanoestadounidenses ;
Radioiodine ;
Endocrinology ;
Spain ;
Goitre ;
US-Spanish diplomatic relations |
Published in: |
Dynamis : Acta Hispanica ad Medicinae Scientiarumque. Historiam Illustrandam, Vol. 29, Núm. (2009) , p. 337-363, ISSN 2340-7948 |
Adreça alternativa: https://raco.cat/index.php/Dynamis/article/view/136840
DOI: 10.4321/S0211-95362009000100015
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