Opvattingen over geneeskundige statistiek in het Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde rond de eeuwwisseling

Ideas on medical statistics in the Dutch Medical Journal round the turn of the century At the end of the nineteenth century the use of figures in medical articles was popular in the leading Dutch Medical Journal (Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde). Surgeons and other medical doctors published statistical compilations of the results of different therapies. For instance comparison of surgical methods, treatment of tuberculosis or diphteria produced information on the therapy to be chosen. Only few medical doctors were interested in the mathematical approach of statistics or the calculati... Mehr ...