Antropometrie als instrument voor de geneeskunst. Onderzoek en publicaties van Nederlandse medici (1849–1869)

This research focuses on the Dutch publications about human height in the middle of the nineteenth century. Some of these articles, especially those of Johannes Zeeman, drew the attention of physicians and anthropometric historians in the twentieth century. This article presents an overview of these publications and the effects of these publications afterwards. In 1848 there was a shift in government policy which was accompanied by an upstart of several professional societies. It became the heyday of the hygienists, a group of physicians who believed in public health. Some of these hygienists... Mehr ...