title: [A scientific object interlinking the biological and social sciences: the immune system].
abstract: Immunology gained legitimacy when it became the science of the immune system, a definition that announced the existence of a previously unknown body function. The very concept of immune system goes beyond the biological, offering opportunities for a renewed dialogue between biological science and the human sciences. This paper discusses the manifold viewpoints regarding the immune system.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Moulin
mesh_terms: D001695:Biology / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System; D012942:Social Sciences / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Un objet scientifique à la charnière des sciences biologiques et sociales: le système immunitaire.