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far as medical history in Europe is concerned, coverage has mainly
been concentrated on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The
researchers often had a medical background and their subject was
generally limited to the history of persons who played an important
role in the discoveries in medical science. The architectural history
by architects and art historians received much attention too. the
last decades historians try to provide a more overall picture by
integrating these kinds of research and giving at the same time
attention to the more socio-economic aspects of the day to day life
in the hospitals from medieval times onwards. A good overview of
the current state of research is offered by Mary Lindemann, Medicine
and Society in Early Modern Europe, Cambridge University Press 1999.
In my fifteen minutes I will give a short overview of the history
of the general and more specialised hospitals in the Northern Netherlands,
from medieval times until the nineteenth century based on my own
research and, as far as possible, I will compare the Dutch situation
with the situation elsewhere in Europe. Literature : there are several overall studies on Dutch hospitals worth to be mentioned. For the medieval and early modern period the classic study of A. Querido, Godshuizen en gasthuizen (Amsterdam 1960) is still valid. Other useful overviews are offered by G.T. Haneveld, Oude medische gebouwen van Nederland, (Amsterdam 1976) and J.T.M. van der Heyden, Het ziekenhuis door de eeuwen. Over geld, macht en mensen, (Rotterdam 1994). Apart from this there are various interesting local studies, among which very recent ones. Bibiography (2) : J.G.W.F. Bik, Vijf eeuwen medisch leven in een Hollandse stad (Assen 1955) F. Huisma, Stadsbelang en standsbesef. Gezondheidszorg en medisch beroep in Groningen (1500-1730) (Rotterdam 1992) M.J. van Lieburg, Gilden, gestichten en gezondheidszorg. Vijftien opstellen over de medische stadgeschiedenis van Rotterdam (Rotterdam 1984) G.A. Lindeboom, Inleiding tot de geschiedenis van de geneeskunde (Amsterdam 1985, 6th edition) J. Steendijk-Kuypers, Volksgezondheidszorg in de 16e en 17e eeuw te Hoorn. Een bijdrage tot de beeldvorming van sociaal-geneeskundige structuren in een stedelijke samenleving (Rotterdam 1994) |
