title: [Comparison and transfer analysis in the History of Medicine? A discussion using travelelogues as a source].
abstract: The number of comparative historical research projects is increasing. This is also true for the German-speaking countries. While issues in the history of medicine are still being studied less often in a comparative perspective, this kind of methodology is here applied increasingly, too. The author discusses whether using comparative methodology can benefit the history of medicine, taking an analysis of nineteenth-century travel reports as an example. These reports refer to the issue of psychiatric family care in France, Germany and Belgium.
authors.affiliation: Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin Zentrum für Human- und Gesundheitswissenschaften (ZHGB) Institut für Geschichte der Medizin Klingsorstr. 119 D-12203 Berlin. t.mueller@medizin.fu-berlin.de
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Müller
mesh_terms: D005194:Family Practice / Q000266:history; D005858:Germany; D006663:Historiography; D049672:History, 19th Century; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000266:history*; D011996:Records; D014163:Transfer, Psychology