Der Dienst Am Kranken: Krankenversorgung zwischen Caritas, Medizin und Okonomie vom Mittelalter bis zur Neuzeit (review)

• Published in: Bulletin of the History of Medicine Vol. 83; no. 3; pp. 600 - 601
• Main Author: Rankin, Alisha
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: Baltimore Johns Hopkins University Press 01-10-2009
• Subjects: Essays; Health services; Homeopathic medicine; Hospitals; Middle Ages; Patients; Europe; Germany
• ISSN: 0007-5140; 1086-3176; 1086-3176; 1896-3176
• DOI: 10.1353/bhm.0.0256

[...] Peter Dilg surveys the development of the apothecary trade in the Middle Ages, which he relates to the early medieval monastic tradition as well as to the regulation of apothecaries in European towns from the twelfth century. The final three essays examine the modern hospital: they include Martin Dinges's study of homeopathy in the hospital from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century; Kornelia Grundmann's portrayal of the Marburg Surgical Clinic in the early twentieth century as an example of the increasing acceptance of hospitals (despite a continuing surplus of poor patients); and Michael Lingenfeder's probing of the conflict between modern hospital management and health services.