In search of a cure : the patients of the Ghent homoeopathic physician Gustave A. Van den Berghe (1837-1902)

Thesis

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Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Graphs and Tables

Abbreviations

Patients' Privacy

Introduction

1 Homoeopathy as the True Key to Healing. Gustave Van den Berghe (1837-1902) and His Position Within the Belgian Homoeopathic Domain

2 Patients from Everywhere: Gustave Van den Berghe's Overall Clientele, 1865-1902

3 Health, Illness and Healing in the Ghent Community

4 Citizens Suffering: the Ghent Patients' Profile

5 Illness as a Family Affair

6 The Ailment, the Patient and the Doctor

7 Dealing with Diseased Bodies. Gender and Attitudes Towards Illness

Conclusions

Appendices

Sources and Bibliography

Samenvatting

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