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dc.contributor.advisorKusmer, Kenneth L., 1945-
dc.creatorAfflitto, Emily
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-20T13:33:14Z
dc.date.available2020-10-20T13:33:14Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.other864885409
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/639
dc.description.abstractThis thesis discusses the development of penicillin during World War II, made possible by a complex relationship between private industry, academic researchers, and government research facilities and funding. It also examines the media response to the emergence of penicillin, the wide-spread war-time preoccupation with venereal disease, and the discovery of the potency of penicillin in treating such illnesses. It argues that the societal importance of penicillin was leveraged by policy makers in the post-war period to expand government funding for medical research and the role of the US Public Health Service. This was part of an overall trend of post-war expansion in government.
dc.format.extent56 pages
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTemple University. Libraries
dc.relation.ispartofTheses and Dissertations
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dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectCommittee On Medical Research
dc.subjectPenicillin
dc.subjectVenereal Disease
dc.titlePenicillin, Venereal Disease, and the Relationship Between Science and The State in America, 1930-1950
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dc.type.genreThesis/Dissertation
dc.contributor.committeememberKlepp, Susan E.
dc.description.departmentHistory
dc.relation.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.34944/dspace/621
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