This book examines the Rockefeller Foundation's attempts to introduce the laboratory sciences, particularly biochemistry, into the Edinburgh medical world of the 1920s.

Introduction: Medical Cultures
Medical Revolutions
The Rockefeller Foundation and the Culture of British Medicine
The Organization and Ethos of Edinburgh Medicine
Edinburgh, London, and North America
The Departments of Surgery and Medicine
A Hospital Laboratory
A University Laboratory in a Hospital
Bench and Bedside
Conclusion: Modern Times