Knowing Cases
Biomedicine in Edinburgh, 1887—1920
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11924318 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Steve Sturdy (0000-0002-3273-1727, University of Edinburgh, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 659-689 |
| Publication date | 2007-09-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Studies of Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3127 • E-ISSN: 1460-3659 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306312707076597 |
| PMID | 18348396 |
| OpenAlex | W2154622443 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 45 |
This paper examines the scientific work of the Laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh from its foundation in 1887 to 1920. It looks in particular at the pivotal role of clinical cases in the work of the Laboratory, using the concept of 'triangulation' to analyse how cases served both as objects of scientific knowledge and as sites for articulating and aligning the concerns of medical practitioners and career scientists. It goes on to propose a general model for thinking about the role of cases in scientific knowledge production, based on a rereading of Kuhn as seen through the lens of the sociology of scientific knowledge. It concludes with some general reflections on how this analysis of the work of the Laboratory helps us to rethink the relations between basic and applied medical science in the period before the emergence of modern biomedicine
Biomedicine · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Foundation (evidence · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of scientific knowledge · Triangulation · Work (physics · Engineering · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · History of Medical Practice · Law · Medical History and Innovations · Philosophy
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Scientific Method for Medical Practitioners
The “Ice Age” of Anatomy and Obstetrics
Detecting the unknown in a sea of knowns
The demand for pregnancy testing
Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease in Kraepelin’s clinic, 1909–1912
Looking for Trouble
Thinking science with thinking machines
Translational science and the hidden research system in universities and academic hospitals
Morphology is a witness which doesn't lie
A Paper Machine of Clinical Research in the Early Twentieth Century
Scientific knowledge
Changing order
Regions of the mind
T. S. Kuhn and Social Science
Biomedical Platforms
Doctors' Stories
Inventer la biomédecine
From Medical Chemistry to Biochemistry
Construing "Technology" as "Applied Science"
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
The Essential Tension
Medical and Biological Constraints
Accounting for Research
Constructing `Do-able' Problems in Cancer Research
The `Glasgow School' of Paton, Findlay and Cathcart
Knowledge and Utility
If p, then what? Thinking in cases
What's Special about Basic Research
Making Sense of Sound
Epistemic Cultures
The Seven Sexes
| Unique citing works | 11 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,58 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2026 (20) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |