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Tag: Medical history

Projects

25 September 2023

The emperor sends out soldiers

In historical files on the 18th-century “Austro-Turkish wars”, historian Sabine Jesner identifies precursors of the public health principle as it is known today. When the Habsburgs built a standing army, they also invested in statistics, quarantine rules, prevention, aftercare and procurement. Jesner’s discoveries include horseradish roots, ventilators, construction kits for field hospitals and other information […] Continue reading “The emperor sends out soldiers”

Portrait

29 June 2020

Social distancing under the Habsburg Empire

By Margit Schwarz-Stiglbauer

In the course of its history, Europe experienced many epidemics before Corona. For centuries, states have sought to contain them through active countermeasures. The Graz-based historian Christian Promitzer explored how scourges such as plague and cholera were combatted under the Habsburg Empire in the 19th century, finding some parallels with today. Continue reading “Social distancing under the Habsburg Empire”

Projects

6 April 2020

History of pain between religion and medicine

Research teams in Innsbruck and Antwerp are exploring a still rather neglected subject – the phenomenon of pain from the perspective of 19th century Catholicism. At that time, religious traditions were supposedly at odds with medical developments in pain therapy – but the research results provide a different picture. Continue reading “History of pain between religion and medicine”

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