Article ID: CBB408049525

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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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
Aeka Ishihara
Martín Espinosa, Noelia María
Dutta, Manikarnika
Ayarzagüena Sanz, Mariano
Concepts
Bacteriology
Epidemiology
Hygiene
Public health
Historiography
Germ theory of disease
Time Periods
19th century
20th century, early
20th century
Places
Germany
Great Britain
France
Calcutta (India)
Weimar Republic (1919-1933)
London (England)
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