Problems and Methods in the History of Medicine 2018
DOI: 10.4324/9780429398643-6
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Methodological Problems in Modern Urban History Writing: Graphic Representations of Urban Mortality 1750–1850

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“…If a modern researcher uncritically compared the number of deaths from a particular disease in records from both periods, the prevalence might be seen to be have changed dramatically. For example, in Germany 'teething' was recorded as very common cause of death for infants in one Berlin parish from 1760 to 1810 (Imhof, 1987). It was rarely recorded before or after that period.…”
Section: Differences In the Available Written Sourcesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…If a modern researcher uncritically compared the number of deaths from a particular disease in records from both periods, the prevalence might be seen to be have changed dramatically. For example, in Germany 'teething' was recorded as very common cause of death for infants in one Berlin parish from 1760 to 1810 (Imhof, 1987). It was rarely recorded before or after that period.…”
Section: Differences In the Available Written Sourcesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…El problema metodológico de cómo emprender el análisis de la mortalidad (diagnóstico retrospectivo) a partir de las expresiones diagnósticas que se recogen en las actas de defunción de los libros de registro parroquiales y civiles es abordado a través del estudio semántico documental, el cual presenta una serie de dificultades que han tratado varios autores (6)(7)(8)(9). De esta forma, la decisión de usar unos u otros criterios de clasificación de las causas de muerte debe posibilitar el establecimiento de comparaciones con los resultados obtenidos en estudios previos.…”
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