From Medical Chemistry to Biochemistry: The Making of a Biomedical Discipline »

This penetrating case study of institution building and entrepreneurship in science shows how a minor medical specialty evolved into a large and powerful academic discipline.

1. Introduction: On discipline history;
2. Physiological chemistry in Germany, 1840-1900;
3. Physiology and British biochemists, 1890-1920;
4. General biochemistry: the Cambridge school;
5. European ideals and American realities, 1870-1900;
6. The reform of medical education in America;
7. From medical chemistry to biochemistry: the emergence of a discipline;
8. Unity in diversity: the American Society of Biological Chemists;
9. The clinical connection: biochemistry as applied science;
10. Chemical ideals and biochemical practice;
11. Biological programs;
12. Epilogue: Toward a molecular biology?