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SUMMARY:Fighting Plagues in Southwest China: A case study in the history o
 f science - Dr Mary Brazelton\, Dept of History & Philosophy of Science
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CONTACT:Richard Lidstone
DESCRIPTION:This paper provides a brief introduction to the discipline of 
 the history of science using a case study set in wartime China. During the
  Second World War\, infectious disease was a more fearsome enemy than inva
 ding armies for many in China\, then under partial occupation by Japan. To
  fight these epidemics\, China’s Nationalist government sponsored projec
 ts to research and develop vaccines against smallpox\, cholera\, and typho
 id fever. After a brief introductory discussion of historical approaches t
 o the sciences\, this paper evaluates the significance of biomedical resea
 rch in wartime China\, focusing on one laboratory in the small city of Kun
 ming that took responsibility for providing immunizations to the whole of 
 China’s unoccupied territory\, and its connections to a global community
  of immunological researchers.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre (Bragg Building)\, Cavendish Laboratory
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