title: [Science and ideology in studies on human growth in France and Spain (1900-1950)].
abstract: The comparative analysis of human growth studies based on French and Spanish medical literature and other sources published during the first half of the 20th Century allows us to show the ideological uses of a supposedly objective science. Analysis of the writings published in the two countries is an appropriate method to reconstruct the different trends in human growth studies, given the diverse scientific, social, political and ideological variables.
authors: División de Historia de la Ciencia. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Rosa.Ballester@umh.es
authors: Rosa
authors: R
authors: Ballester Añón
authors: Enrique
authors: E
authors: Perdiguero Gil
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D006128:Growth; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain