Table of Contents
Contents
Preface......................................................................................................................vii
Acknowledgments......................................................................................................ix
Author........................................................................................................................xi
Chapter 1 Introduction...........................................................................................1
Chapter 2 Methodological Considerations.............................................................9
Historical and Sociological Perspectives..............................................9
Technological Innovation.................................................................... 13
The Analytical Model of Technology Genesis and Shaping............... 15
Chapter 3 Assembly of a Technological Vision for X-Ray Contrast Agents....... 33
Chapter 4 Uro-Angiographic Contrast Agents—The Holy Grail........................ 41
Technology Genesis Phase.................................................................. 41
History............................................................................................ 41
From Sodium Iodide to Uroselectan Sodium and
Methiodal Sodium..................................................................... 41
Contrasting Historical Interpretations..................................... 103
The Dynamics of Technology Genesis......................................... 109
The Failure of One-Dimensional Reductionism...................... 109
Technical Knowledge from Interference of Different
Knowledge Cultures................................................................ 113
Interference as Communication and Individuation of
Knowledge............................................................................... 119
The Emergence of a Technological Vision.............................. 122
Synchronization and Interference............................................124
The Functions of the Technological Vision............................. 125
Technology Espousal and Resistance...................................... 125
Technology-Shaping Phase............................................................... 126
History.......................................................................................... 126
Perfecting Ionic Uro-Angiographic Contrast Agents.............. 126
The Controversial Prehistory of Nonionic Contrast Agents....... 156
Nonionic Contrast Agents........................................................ 170
The Dynamics of Technology Shaping........................................ 211
The Failure of One-Dimensional Reductionism...................... 211
Technical Knowledge from Interference of Different
Knowledge Cultures................................................................ 215
Interference as Communication and Individuation of
Knowledge............................................................................... 221
The Emergence of a Technological Vision..............................224
Synchronization and Interference............................................227
The Function of the Technological Vision..............................228
Technology Espousal and Resistance......................................228
Technology Consolidation and Economization Phase......................229
History..........................................................................................229
The Search for a New Vision........................................................ 235
Chapter 5 Conclusions....................................................................................... 239
References.............................................................................................................. 247
Endnote..................................................................................................................287
Person Index..........................................................................................................307
Subject Index......................................................................................................... 317
