[Science and ideology in studies on human growth in France and Spain (1900-1950)].
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.
Ballester Añón
Rosa
R
División de Historia de la Ciencia. Universidad Miguel Hernández. Rosa.Ballester@umh.es
Perdiguero Gil
Enrique
E
D005602:France; D006128:Growth; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D010684:Philosophy / Q000266:history*; D012586:Science / Q000266:history*; D013030:Spain