Medicinal Policey
Under the catchphrase Medicinische Policey (from the police in the early modern sense of the regulation of all governmental relationships within a public-law community ), sovereigns and urban authorities tried to set up and enforce an improved health system for their territories since the 17th century . The healer market was shared by four groups of healers. A distinction was made between academically trained doctors , skilled surgeons , midwives and pharmacists . The Medicinischen Policey endeavored to enforce the rules and duties of the doctor and the sick. For example, people should n't go to churches during epidemics to protect themselves from disease. However, these aspirations were contrary to tradition and belief. Nevertheless, many people took over the medical policey in their daily behavior, so that trust was built in the doctors and a healthier lifestyle could be guaranteed.
See also
literature
- Bettina Wahrig, Werner Sohn (Ed.): Between Enlightenment, Policey and Administration. On the genesis of the medical system 1750–1850 . Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, Harrassowitz Verlag in commission, Wiesbaden 2003
- Ursula Ferdinand: Medicinische Policey - Beginnings of social medicine and demography in the political sciences . In: Rainer Mackensen (Ed.): Population research and politics in Germany in the 20th century . Pp. 254-258.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Manfred Stürzbecher : Polizey, medicinische. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , pp. 1174 f .; here: p. 1174.