Title Explorations in Baltic medical history, 1850-2015 / edited by Nils Hansson and Jonatan Wistrand

Published Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2019 ©2019

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Description 1 online resource (x, 260 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Rochester studies in medical history, 1526-2715 Rochester studies in medical history. Contents Frontcover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Circulation of Knowledge in the Baltic Sea Region: An Introduction; Part One: Transfers of Medical Knowledge across the Baltic Sea; 1 Gym Machines and the Migration of Medical Knowledge in the Nineteenth Century; 2 Gynecological Massage: Gender, Conflict, and the Transfer of Knowledge in Medicine during the Fin de Siècle; 3 Worlds Unexplored: Medicine in Stettin, 1800-1945; 4 Smallpox in Malmö, Sweden, 1932: Disputed Knowledge of Infection, Contagion, and Vaccination in the Baltic Sea Region 5 The Politicization of the Temperance Movement in Pre-independence EstoniaPart Two: Bridging the Baltic: Comparative Studies; 6 Network Transfer: Paul Ehrlich and German-Scandinavian Scientific Relationships around 1900; 7 Dorpat University in the Late Nineteenth Century as a Transit Space for Psychiatric Knowledge: The Example of Emil Kraepelin and His Conceptualization of Melancholia; 8 Sanatorium Narratives from the Baltic Sea Region and Early Signs of the Pathographical Genre: The Case of Harriet Löwenhjelm 9 Biobanking at the Baltic Sea: An Analysis of the Swedish, Estonian, and German Approaches10 The Simultaneous Embedment and Disembedment of Biomedicine: Intercorporeality and Patient Interaction at Hemodialysis Units in Riga and Stockholm; Notes on Contributors; Index Summary Examines medical history in northern Europe from 1850 to 2015 and sheds new light on the circulation of medical knowledge in that region Analysis Baltic Sea region contact zones cultural transformations medical history medical ideas medical knowledge national styles nineteenth century northern Europe traditions twentieth century Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Medicine -- Baltic States -- History Medicine -- History. History of Medicine history of medicine. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Holism. HEALTH & FITNESS -- Reference. MEDICAL -- Alternative Medicine. MEDICAL -- Atlases. MEDICAL -- Essays. MEDICAL -- Family & General Practice. MEDICAL -- Holistic Medicine. MEDICAL -- Osteopathy. HISTORY -- Modern -- 19th Century. Medicine SUBJECT Baltic States Subject Baltic States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Hansson, Nils, 1983- editor. Wistrand, Jonatan, 1981- editor. ISBN 9781787444485 1787444481

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