Aan de hand van de ontwikkeling en invloed van een zogenaamd ‘West-Indisch lepra-conta- gionisme’ zullen wij in dit artikel laten zien dat de vertaalslag van medisch-wetenschappelijke noties en concepten naar beleid en ...
This paper provides an overview of the historiography of nineteenth-century medical societies in the Low Countries and sketches opportunities for new research. Three research traditions will be identified. The first two ...
This article explores the visitors of the natural history cabinet of the Holland Society of Sciences over the period 1772–1830. Not much is known about this first public museum in the Netherlands. By studying new sources ...
Although much has been written about Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695), his religious views are almost neglected in historical research. Some scholars have come to the conclusion that God played no part at all in the worldview ...
‘Beginnen is de allereerste voorwaarde om iets te verwezenlijken’. Paul Bockstaele (1920–2009) en de academisering van de wetenschapsgeschiedenis in België