Medical Histories of Belgium

Joris Vandendriessche is Research Professor in the Cultural History since 1750 Research Group at the University of Leuven Benoît Majerus is Professor of European History at the University of Luxembourg -- .

Introduction - Benoît Majerus and Joris Vandendriessche

Part I: Beyond the nation state
1 Medicine, health and gender – Jolien Gijbels and Kaat Wils
2 Medicine and religion – Joris Vandendriessche and Tine Van Osselaer
3 Medicine and colonialism – Sokhieng Au and Anne Cornet
4 Public health, hygiene and social activism – Thomas D’haeninck, Jan Vandersmissen Gita Deneckere and Christophe Verbruggen

Part II: Institutions and beyond
5 Ways of knowing medicine – Renaud Bardez and Pieter Dhondt
6 Medicine, money and mutual aid – Dirk Luyten and David Guilardian
7 The material culture of caring and curing – Valérie Leclercq and Veronique Deblon

Part III: Beyond physicians
8 Dis/order and dis/ability – Benoît Majerus and Pieter Verstraete
9 Medicine, media and the public – Tinne Claes and Katrin Pilz

Epilogue – Including all citizens of Belgium: narratives beyond the profession and the state – Frank Huisman
Timeline of Belgian medical history
Index -- .