Medical Histories of Belgium

Joris Vandendriessche is Research Professor in the Cultural History since 1750 Research Group at the University of LeuvenBenoît Majerus is Professor of European History at the University of Luxembourg

Medical Histories of Belgium is a useful book. Moreover, twenty-one authors from both the French- and Dutch-speaking academic communities contributed to this volume. Reputed medical historians wrote the nine chapters, but also, and very promising, a whole new generation of young researchers contributed to the effort.Social History of Medicine

• 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 VerbruggenPart 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 DeblonPart III: Beyond physicians8 Dis/order and dis/ability – Benoît Majerus and Pieter Verstraete9 Medicine, media and the public – Tinne Claes and Katrin PilzEpilogue – Including all citizens of Belgium: narratives beyond the profession and the state – Frank Huisman Timeline of Belgian medical history Index