Medizinhistorisches Journal

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The journal publishes historical analyses of medical practices, research, and societal attitudes towards health and illness, with a particular focus on Germany and Central Europe. Recent articles examine the history of risk assessment in socialist states, the visual representation of vaccination, child protection reforms, Semmelweis's discovery, therapeutic research methodologies, the legacy of historical medical figures, the experiences of children in 'Kur' facilities, the impact of war on children, the establishment of body donation practices, the rise of behavior therapy for addiction, psycho-diagnostic practices in prisons, the discourse on drug addiction and dangerousness, the development of trauma theory, the influence of 'human economy' on medical movements, alcohol prevention campaigns, the assessment of dangerousness in forensic psychiatry, controversies surrounding homeopathy, the work of German physicians in Sweden, and therapeutic writing practices in the GDR.

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