Elizabeth Toon
Biographic Data
| ID | 5893556 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Toon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Toon |
| SIGNATURE | TOON E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 15 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Before translational medicine
Not only laboratory to clinic
Since the arrival of Translational Medicine (TM), as both a term and movement in the late 1990s, it has been associated almost exclusively with attempts to accelerate the "translation" of research-laboratory findings to improve efficacy and outcomes in clinical practice (Krueger et al. in Hist Philos Life Sci 41:57, 2019). This framing privileges one source of change in medicine, that from bench-to-bedside. In this article we dig into the history…
Special issue—before translational medicine
Cortisone, initially known as ‘compound E’ was the medical sensation of the late 1940s and early 1950s. As early as April 1949, only a week after Philip Hench and colleagues first described the potential of ‘compound E’ at a Mayo Clinic seminar, the New York Times reported the drug’s promise as a ‘modern miracle’ in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Given its high profile, it is unsurprising that historians of medicine have been attract…
The tool and the job
This article, based on a presentation at the Future of the History of the Human Sciences workshop (2016), discusses some of the potential benefits and pitfalls of digital humanities (DH) tools and approaches for historians of the human sciences. It reviews some of the major approaches that form DH and draws on the author’s experience as part of a team creating a large DH resource to consider the complications presented by these
Phenylbutazone (Bute, PBZ, EPZ)
In this article we explore the different trajectories of this one drug, phenylbutazone, across two species, humans and horses in the period 1950-2000. The essay begins by following the introduction of the drug into human medicine in the early 1950s. It promised to be a less costly alternative to cortisone, one of the "wonder drugs" of the era, in the treatment of rheumatic conditions. Both drugs appeared to offer symptomatic relief rather than a …
The Machinery of Authoritarian Care
This article examines the professional and public response to the television play Through the Night , which aired on BBC1 in December 1975. One of the first British mass media portrayals of a woman's experience being treated for breast cancer, this play attracted a large audience and considerable attention from both critics and everyday viewers. My analysis of the play draws on sources documenting expert responses to the play in its production st…
Cancer Patients, Cancer Pathways
Eleven essays by historians and sociologists examine cancer research and treatment as everyday practice in post-war Europe and North America. These are not stories of inevitable medical progress and o
Preventive Strikes
Reviewed by: Preventive Strikes: Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic Surgery Elizabeth Toon Ilana Löwy. Preventive Strikes: Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic Surgery. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. xi + 328 pp. Ill. $50.00 (ISBN-10: 0-8018-9364-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-9364-3). At the beginning of Preventive Strikes, Ilana Löwy describes her observations at a French cancer center, where counsellors advised women diagnosed with BRC…
Women's Bodies and Medical Science
Here Man Learns About Himself”
When the American Museum of Health (AMH) opened in 1939 at the World’s Fair, its popularity convinced its organizers that the AMH was merely the first in a nationwide network of health museums. The AMH’s organizers had imported an approach to health education developed in Germany, which promoted health as a positive attribute through interactive, visually impressive displays that relied on clarity and simplicity—as epitomized by the “Transparent …
Emily K. Abel and Saskia K. Subramanian, After the Cure
Journal Article Emily K. Abel and Saskia K. Subramanian, After the Cure: The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors Get access Emily K. Abel and Saskia K. Subramanian, After the Cure: The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors, New York and London: New York University Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 183. $22.95. ISBN 978 0 8147 0725 8. Elizabeth Toon Elizabeth Toon University of Manchester [email protected] Search for other works by thi…
"Cancer as the General Population Knows It"
This article examines British medical debates about cancer education in the 1950s, debates that reveal how those responsible for cancer control thought about the public and their relationship to it, and what they thought the new political economy of medicine introduced by the National Health Service would mean for that relationship. Opponents of education campaigns argued that such programs would add to the economic and organizational pressures o…
Early Detection
In this short, accessible book, Gardner provides an overview of women's involvement in American cancer control campaigns from the 1910s through to the 1970s. Drawing on the records of leading cancer and women's organisations, she describes how medical authorities expected women to disseminate and apply knowledge about cancer. She also assesses the number and diversity of educational activities that American women participated in, and analyses the…
Live Clean, Think Clean, and Don't Go to Burlesque Shows
I realize you are anxious to build up great strength and power as soon as possible.
Modern Mothers in Progress in Illinois, 1900-1930 (review)
Illinois is an unusual state, which makes Lynne Curry's study of "the historical intersections of progressivism, maternalism, and health reform" (p. 6) in early-twentieth-century Illinois especially useful and interesting for historians of American medicine. The state's heterogeneity challenged reformers to address a single [End Page 849] sociomedical issue--the health needs of infants and mothers--in several very different contexts at once. In C…
Rethinking Charles Atlas
From the 1920s on, Charles Atlas, the former '97-lb. weakling', offered his own story of personal transformation as testimony of his 'Dynamic Tension' bodybuilding system's value. Viewing Atlas's system in its historical context helps illuminate the disjuncture between an earlier body culture and our own. © 2000 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Phenylbutazone (Bute, PBZ, EPZ)
In this article we explore the different trajectories of this one drug, phenylbutazone, across two species, humans and horses in the period 1950-2000. The essay begins by following the introduction of the drug into human medicine in the early 1950s. It promised to be a less costly alternative to cortisone, one of the "wonder drugs" of the era, in the treatment of rheumatic conditions. Both drugs appeared to offer symptomatic relief rather than a …
Here Man Learns About Himself”
When the American Museum of Health (AMH) opened in 1939 at the World’s Fair, its popularity convinced its organizers that the AMH was merely the first in a nationwide network of health museums. The AMH’s organizers had imported an approach to health education developed in Germany, which promoted health as a positive attribute through interactive, visually impressive displays that relied on clarity and simplicity—as epitomized by the “Transparent …
Early Detection
In this short, accessible book, Gardner provides an overview of women's involvement in American cancer control campaigns from the 1910s through to the 1970s. Drawing on the records of leading cancer and women's organisations, she describes how medical authorities expected women to disseminate and apply knowledge about cancer. She also assesses the number and diversity of educational activities that American women participated in, and analyses the…
Live Clean, Think Clean, and Don't Go to Burlesque Shows
I realize you are anxious to build up great strength and power as soon as possible.
Modern Mothers in Progress in Illinois, 1900-1930 (review)
Illinois is an unusual state, which makes Lynne Curry's study of "the historical intersections of progressivism, maternalism, and health reform" (p. 6) in early-twentieth-century Illinois especially useful and interesting for historians of American medicine. The state's heterogeneity challenged reformers to address a single [End Page 849] sociomedical issue--the health needs of infants and mothers--in several very different contexts at once. In C…
Rethinking Charles Atlas
From the 1920s on, Charles Atlas, the former '97-lb. weakling', offered his own story of personal transformation as testimony of his 'Dynamic Tension' bodybuilding system's value. Viewing Atlas's system in its historical context helps illuminate the disjuncture between an earlier body culture and our own. © 2000 Taylor & Francis Ltd
Live Clean, Think Clean, and Don't Go to Burlesque Shows
I realize you are anxious to build up great strength and power as soon as possible.
"Cancer as the General Population Knows It"
This article examines British medical debates about cancer education in the 1950s, debates that reveal how those responsible for cancer control thought about the public and their relationship to it, and what they thought the new political economy of medicine introduced by the National Health Service would mean for that relationship. Opponents of education campaigns argued that such programs would add to the economic and organizational pressures o…
Early Detection
In this short, accessible book, Gardner provides an overview of women's involvement in American cancer control campaigns from the 1910s through to the 1970s. Drawing on the records of leading cancer and women's organisations, she describes how medical authorities expected women to disseminate and apply knowledge about cancer. She also assesses the number and diversity of educational activities that American women participated in, and analyses the…
Emily K. Abel and Saskia K. Subramanian, After the Cure
Journal Article Emily K. Abel and Saskia K. Subramanian, After the Cure: The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors Get access Emily K. Abel and Saskia K. Subramanian, After the Cure: The Untold Stories of Breast Cancer Survivors, New York and London: New York University Press, 2008. Pp. xi + 183. $22.95. ISBN 978 0 8147 0725 8. Elizabeth Toon Elizabeth Toon University of Manchester [email protected] Search for other works by thi…
Cancer Patients, Cancer Pathways
Eleven essays by historians and sociologists examine cancer research and treatment as everyday practice in post-war Europe and North America. These are not stories of inevitable medical progress and o
Preventive Strikes
Reviewed by: Preventive Strikes: Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic Surgery Elizabeth Toon Ilana Löwy. Preventive Strikes: Women, Precancer, and Prophylactic Surgery. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010. xi + 328 pp. Ill. $50.00 (ISBN-10: 0-8018-9364-X, ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-9364-3). At the beginning of Preventive Strikes, Ilana Löwy describes her observations at a French cancer center, where counsellors advised women diagnosed with BRC…
Women's Bodies and Medical Science
Here Man Learns About Himself”
When the American Museum of Health (AMH) opened in 1939 at the World’s Fair, its popularity convinced its organizers that the AMH was merely the first in a nationwide network of health museums. The AMH’s organizers had imported an approach to health education developed in Germany, which promoted health as a positive attribute through interactive, visually impressive displays that relied on clarity and simplicity—as epitomized by the “Transparent …
The Machinery of Authoritarian Care
This article examines the professional and public response to the television play Through the Night , which aired on BBC1 in December 1975. One of the first British mass media portrayals of a woman's experience being treated for breast cancer, this play attracted a large audience and considerable attention from both critics and everyday viewers. My analysis of the play draws on sources documenting expert responses to the play in its production st…
Phenylbutazone (Bute, PBZ, EPZ)
In this article we explore the different trajectories of this one drug, phenylbutazone, across two species, humans and horses in the period 1950-2000. The essay begins by following the introduction of the drug into human medicine in the early 1950s. It promised to be a less costly alternative to cortisone, one of the "wonder drugs" of the era, in the treatment of rheumatic conditions. Both drugs appeared to offer symptomatic relief rather than a …
Special issue—before translational medicine
Cortisone, initially known as ‘compound E’ was the medical sensation of the late 1940s and early 1950s. As early as April 1949, only a week after Philip Hench and colleagues first described the potential of ‘compound E’ at a Mayo Clinic seminar, the New York Times reported the drug’s promise as a ‘modern miracle’ in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Given its high profile, it is unsurprising that historians of medicine have been attract…
The tool and the job
This article, based on a presentation at the Future of the History of the Human Sciences workshop (2016), discusses some of the potential benefits and pitfalls of digital humanities (DH) tools and approaches for historians of the human sciences. It reviews some of the major approaches that form DH and draws on the author’s experience as part of a team creating a large DH resource to consider the complications presented by these
Not only laboratory to clinic
Since the arrival of Translational Medicine (TM), as both a term and movement in the late 1990s, it has been associated almost exclusively with attempts to accelerate the "translation" of research-laboratory findings to improve efficacy and outcomes in clinical practice (Krueger et al. in Hist Philos Life Sci 41:57, 2019). This framing privileges one source of change in medicine, that from bench-to-bedside. In this article we dig into the history…
Before translational medicine
Medicine (14 works) · Political science (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Cancer (7 works) · Epistemology (5 works) · History (5 works) · Family medicine (4 works) · Historical Studies on Reproduction, Gender, Health, and Societal Changes (4 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Law (4 works)