The Circulation of Penicillin in Spain : Health, Wealth and Authority : Palgrave Macmillan : 9783319697178 : 331969717X : 02 Feb 2018 : This book reconstructs the early circulation of penicillin in Spain, a country exhausted by civil war (1936?1939), and oppressed by Franco's dictatorship. Embedded in the post-war recovery, penicillin's voyages through time and across geographies ? professional, political and social ? were both material and symbolic. This powerful antimicrobial captivated the imagination of the general public, medical practice, science and industry, creating high expectations among patients, who at times experienced little or no effect. Penicillin's lack of efficacy against some microbes fueled the search for new wonder drugs and sustained a decades-long research agenda built on the post-war concept of development through scientific and technological achievements. This historical reconstruction of the social life of penicillin between the 1940s and 1980s ? through the