title: [Professional cooperation and overview of the health status. Two important initiatives from Christian August Egeberg in 1838 and 1855].
abstract: Christian August Egeberg (1809-74) was a Norwegian military surgeon who practised surgery and family medicine in the capital city of Christiania and in neighbouring rural Baerum. He saw the medical profession's need for establishing a scientific community, for information-seeking and knowledge updates. He was among the founders of the Norwegian Medical Society in 1833 and in 1838 initiated a series of Scandinavian scientific conferences which lasted until 1929. In 1855 he established a notification system for contagious diseases with reports submitted every month from practising physician. The system was intended to provide a basis for surveillance of the so-called epidemic constitution, so that appropriate measures might be taken against prevailing diseases.
authors: Institutt for allmenn- og samfunnsmedisin, Universitetet i Oslo. oivind.larsen@samfunnsmed.uio.no
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mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history; D018563:Disease Notification / Q000266:history*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000266:history*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology