Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-324) and index.
Contents:
Medical science and property rights in the early republic -- Monopoly and ethics in the antebellum years -- In the shadow of war -- Therapeutic reform and the reinterpretation of monopoly -- The ambiguities of abundance -- The embrace of intellectual property -- Conclusion : the promise of reform.
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