title: [Cause of death in the 17th and 18th centuries in Geneva: nosology and disease spectrum. Perspectives and objectives of a study].
abstract: For the twenty years of 1740-1759, the authors analyze, for the city of Geneva, the causes of death as officially indicated on the bills of mortality. This study is part of a larger analysis of mortality: over a longer period, the whole gamut of disease--pathocoenosis--will be studied, and some light should be shed by this on the causes of the decline of mortality in the 18th century. The data are analyzed with regard to age, sex and season and interpreted according to ancient as well as modern medical criteria.
authors.affiliation: Département d'histoire économique et sociale, Université de Genève.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Perrenoud
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sardet
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D009026:Mortality; D013557:Switzerland; D014504:Urban Health / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Les causes de décès aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles à Genève: nosologie et pathocénose. Perspectives et objectifs d'une recherche.