Historians of medicine and science, often using
tools from sociology and anthropology, are particularly
interested in that space where the world and some method
of analysis meet. The space where generalizable rule and
contingent variability face one another is a vacuum that
attracts and creates conclusions about the world, heavily
infused with social meanings and practices. Studying how
these conclusions are made over time identifies the broader
cultural projects that may be furthered by them and/or
that make them possible.