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Medical histories of Belgium reshapes Belgian history of medicine by bringing together a new generation of scholars. Going beyond a chronological narrative, the book offers new insights by questioning classic themes of the history of medicine: physicians, institutions and the nation state. While retracing specific Belgian characteristics, it also engages with broader European developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Medical histories of Belgium will appeal to Historians of Belgium in various subfields, especially cultural history and political history and medical historians and medical practitioners seeking the historical context of their activities.An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
Price: £30.00
Pages: 400
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Publication Date:
26 October 2021
ISBN: 9781526151087
Format: Hardback
Introduction - Benoît Majerus and Joris VandendriesschePart I: Beyond the nation state1 Medicine, health and gender – Jolien Gijbels and Kaat Wils2 Medicine and religion – Joris Vandendriessche and Tine Van Osselaer3 Medicine and colonialism – Sokhieng Au and Anne Cornet4 Public health, hygiene and social activism – Thomas D’haeninck, Jan Vandersmissen Gita Deneckere and Christophe Verbruggen Part II: Institutions and beyond5 Ways of knowing medicine – Renaud Bardez and Pieter Dhondt6 Medicine, money and mutual aid – Dirk Luyten and David Guilardian 7 The material culture of caring and curing – Valérie Leclercq and Veronique Deblon Part III: Beyond physicians 8 Dis/order and dis/ability – Benoît Majerus and Pieter Verstraete 9 Medicine, media and the public – Tinne Claes and Katrin Pilz Epilogue – Including all citizens of Belgium: narratives beyond the profession and the state – Frank Huisman Timeline of Belgian medical history Index