Hospitals and medical specialities

Hospitals and medical specialities

—The technological revolution in medicine in the twentieth century.—   From the end of the nineteenth century, a series of factors drove a growing process of specialisation within the health professions. The traditional general practitioner, capable...
The birth of the industry of precision

The birth of the industry of precision

—The material culture of science was substantially transformed in the nineteenth century, a process in which the new instrument production industry played a key role.—   The material culture of science, in particular scientific instruments, underwent...