1848 VIRCHOW, Rudolf Ludwig Karl (1821 – 1902)

Mittheilungen über die in Oberschlesien herrschende Typhus-Epidemie.

Virchow was one of the first to identify medicine as a social science. He developed a theory of epidemics that emphasized the social circumstances permitting spread of illness. This approach has been called sociologic…

GMN 12083 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14292

1902 BLACKWELL, Elizabeth (1821 – 1910)

Essays in medical sociology. 2 vols.

Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

GMN 12082 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14291

1909 WARBASSE, James Peter (1866 – 1957)

Medical sociology: A series of observations touching upon the sociology of health and the relations of medicine to society.

The first American book specifically on the topic of medical sociology. Digital facsimile from the Hathi Trust at this link.

GMN 12081 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/14290

1951 PARSONS, Talcott

The social system.

The first treatise on sociological theory that included an analysis of the function of medicine in society.

GMN 13175 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15435

1999 HALL, Leslie A.; EDER, Franz X. (1958 – ); HEKMA, Gerhardus "Gert" (1951 – )

Sexual cultures in Europe: National histories.

"... brings together for the first time studies of the sexual cultures of all the major European countries--including France, Germany, Russia, Italy, Spain, Britain and the Netherlands--to focus on their commonalities…

GMN 13585 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/15863

2002 BLOOM, Samuel W. (1921 – 2006)

The word as scalpel: A history of medical sociology.

GMN 8610 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/10787