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Hygiene und Historiographie: Karl Kisskalts epidemiologischer Revisionismus und das Erbe Max von Pettenkofers (Hygiene and historiography: Karl Kisskalt's epidemiological revisionism and the legacy of Max von Pettenkofer) (2020)

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Hygiene Historiography Epidemiology Bacteriology 19th century 20th century Germany Pettenkofer, Max Josef con Kisskalt, Karl (1875–1962)

The article presents the attempts of German hygienist Karl Kisskalt to reformulate epidemiological theory in the first half of the twentieth century. Kisskalt became, as did many of his colleagues in German hygiene, a sharp critic of the narrow bacteriological explanation of illness and health, but found a rather peculiar path of coming to a broader understanding: the path of historiography. Being especially interested in the methodological aspects of medical research, Kisskalt applied quantitative as well as qualitative methods on a plethora of historical data in order to embrace all facets of sickness and pestilence. This approach led him back to the founder of scientific hygiene, Max von Pettenkofer. Pettenkofer and his classical rejection of bacteriology turned into a central reference of Kisskalt’s historical argument for a renewed approach towards epidemiology.

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Authors & Contributors
Velmet, Aro
Schütz, Mathias
Martín Espinosa, Noelia María
Dutta, Manikarnika
Ayarzagüena Sanz, Mariano
Kirchhelle, Claas
Journals
Medical History
Journal of the History of Biology
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Social History of Medicine
Revue d'Histoire des Sciences
Notes and Records: The Royal Society Journal of the History of Science
Publishers
Oxford University Press
Los Libros de la Catarata
Gallimard
Chronos
Concepts
Epidemiology
Bacteriology
Public health
Hygiene
Historiography
Germ theory of disease
People
Koch, Robert
Jaensch, Walther (1889-1950)
Trillat, Auguste
Snow, John
Rüdin, Ernst
Pettenkofer, Max Josef con
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
Germany
Great Britain
Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
France
Calcutta (India)
Islands of the Pacific
Institutions
World Health Organization (WHO)
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