Article ID: CBB223741376

The Truth Within: Making Medical Knowledge in the Hay Fever Association of Heligoland, 1899–1909 (2021)

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Around 1900, hay fever was a contested illness, mostly unknown among physicians or believed to be neurotic in nature. Motivated by a desire to gather and disseminate knowledge about their enigmatic ailment, hay fever sufferers organized to form the Hay Fever Association of Heligoland. The organization’s annual reports combined news from the latest medical science with observations of the illness as experienced by the members of the association. While employing observational practices derived from scientific settings in recording and documenting their suffering, the organized hay fever patients also used subjective experience to challenge the results from professional medical scientists. This struggle between scientific and embodied knowledge sheds new light on the emergence of patient advocacy.

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Authors & Contributors
Elizabeth, Hannah J
Clark, Peder
Monika Ankele
Moulds, Alison
Hellawell, Philippa
Elisa Sevilla
Concepts
Public understanding of medicine
Authority of medicine
Professions and professionalization
Science and society
Expertise
Medicine, popular
Time Periods
20th century, early
19th century
Early modern
Renaissance
20th century
18th century
Places
Germany
United States
France
Brazil
Hamburg-Langenhorn (Germany)
England
Institutions
Royal Society of London
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