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This book treats the spectacular rise in life expectancy during the last three centuries. It is the first study to bring together both published and unpublished material about the history of the health of Belgian men and women and to analyze it critically. Isabelle Devos studies the mechanisms of the historic fall in the death rate in an original manner and answers the question why research on the causes of this decline has not progressed faster. While the discipline of historical demography orients the first part of her book, the discipline of historical epidemiology provides the perspective taken in the second part, in which the role of insects as spreaders of disease is explored. Essential in her study is the importance of local medical practitioners who already at the end of the Ancien Régime warned of the dangers present in the environment. Their ‘ecological’ thinking created a consciousness that was decisive for the further development of healthcare.
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Keywords
- 20th century
- Belgium
- c 1700 to c 1800
- c 1800 to c 1900
- Europe
- European History
- Flemish
- For emergent readers (adult)
- Geographical Qualifiers
- Germanic & Scandinavian languages
- Gezondheidszorg
- Healthcare
- Historical demography
- Historical epidemiology
- Historische demografie
- Historische epidemiologie
- History
- History: earliest times to present day
- History: specific events & topics
- Humanities
- Indo-European languages
- Interest age & special interest qualifiers
- Interest age / level
- Language qualifiers
- Levensverwachting
- Life expectancy
- Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900
- Modern period, c 1500 onwards
- Regional & national history
- Social & cultural history
- Time periods qualifiers
- Western Continental Europe
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DOI: 10.26530/OAPEN_365396Editions