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Medical histories of Belgium reshapes Belgian history of medicine by bringing together a new generation of scholars and engage with broader European developments in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

(Hardback)

This book analyses how nineteenth-century doctors gathered in medical societies to discuss, evaluate, publish and celebrate their studies. It reveals how the codes of conduct that regulated scientific practice corresponded to the values of social engagement, polite debate and a free press of the urban bourgeoisie. -- .