Medicalisation of death at the turn of the 18th to 19th centuries. The moment of death, apparent death and attitudes towards the dead from the point of view of the history of medicine

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Medicalisation of death at the turn of the 18th to 19th centuries. The moment of death, apparent death and attitudes towards the dead from the point of view of the history of medicine

Original language description

Having considered some research results of contemporary historiography (especially Italian) and some period medical treatises, this paper is structured into three parts. The first one (Medicalization of death in the medical discourse of the long 19th century) introduces some of the author's methodological and theoretical approaches to this topic, which can suit well the period of 1740-1900. The second part (Medicalization of death in the sign of a paradox I. The moment of death and living dead) is dedicated to the problem of apparent death which has its origins in the 1740s. The medical discussion about apparent death can be considered as the beginning of medicalising death in the history of medicine. The status of death was rationalized; on the otherhand, horror of being buried alive was born. The third part (Medicalisation of death in the sign of a paradox II. Time and space) considers some funeral reforms from the late 18th century and their impact on changing the attitudes of peop

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

AB - History

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Annales Universitatis Apulensis, Series Historica

ISSN

1453-9306

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Volume of the periodical

16

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2012

Country of publishing house

RO - ROMANIA

Number of pages

15

Pages from-to

177-191

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