On Thursday 29 June, Kings College London will be hosting its Annual Lecture in the History of Medicine
This will commence at 17:30 in the Department of History Open Space, 8th floor, Strand Building, Strand. WC2R 2LS
Professor Scott Podolsky, Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, will speak on:
'The Antibiotic Era: Reform, Resistance, and the Pursuit of a Rational Therapeutics'
Today, as we increasingly turn our attention to antibiotic resistance and the possibility of a post-antibiotic era, it is important to consider the historical evolution of attempts to implement the “rational” use of antibiotics. In this talk, Scott Podolsky examines seven decades of reformers who have attempted to change how antibiotics are developed, marketed and prescribed. Tensions between antibiotic development and conservation, and between education and regulation, continue to play out today in medical offices, hospitals, industry, agricultural enterprises, and the halls of government alike.
All are welcome!
For more information see
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/history/eventrecords/2017-18/2017-Annual-Lecture-in-the-History-of-Medicine.aspx
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