[Biographies about the chief editors of the Dutch Journal of Medicine in the past 150 years].
The Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde (Dutch Journal of Medicine) possesses painted portraits of all of its former editors-in-chief. Few people remember these physicians or their significance to the journal. This year marks the 150th jubilee year ofthe journal and provides an occasion to publish a series of 13 brief biographies. According to the first historiographer, the motive for establishing the journal in 1856 was to unite the fragmented medical press into one high-quality medical and scientific journal. However, it may also have been an attempt by a group of reformist physicians, the so-called 'hygienists', to gain political and social influence so that they could realise their goal, which was to improve the standard ofliving and health of the general population.
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