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1、SocialHistoryofMedicineVol.20,No.3pp.465481TheSocialHistoryofMedicine:BeyondtheLocalIlanaLo¨wy*Summary.EditorsofSocialHistoryofMedicine(SHM)havebeenverysuccessfulinextendingthegeographicrangecoveredbythejournal.TheimpressivegeographicdiversityofstudiespublishedinSHMhasnot,howev
2、er,ledtoaparallelpresenceofcomparativehistoricalinvestigations.Thisarticleisapleaforpromotingacomparativesocialhistoryofmedicine.Diseasesaretrans-nationalphenomena;medicineandpublichealthareoftenglobalendeavours;medicalpracticeisinfluencedbyinternationalrulesandregulations,andby
3、globaleconomicandpoliticaltrends;medicalresearch-ersandmedicalpractitionerstravel,asdotheirideas,anddevelopmentsinonecountrymayaffectthoseinothercountries.Moreover,trans-nationalcomparisonsmaydisplayunexpecteddifferencesand/orsurprisingsimilarities;questionsinitiallystudiedinon
4、econtextcanacquireadifferentmeaningwhentransposedtoanothersituation;ajuxtapositionofdevelopmentsinseveralsitescanprovideinformationimpossibletoobtaininsingle-sitestudies.Movinginspaceandnotonlyintimecanopennewquestionsoninteractionsbetweenmedicineandsociety,anddeepenourundersta
5、ndingofalreadyexistingones.Keywords:maternalmortality;occupationalhealth;midwifery;comparativestudiesIstheSocialHistoryofMedicineaBritishDiscipline?Askedtolookat20yearsofthejournalSocialHistoryofMedicine(SHM)fromaconti-nentalpointofview,Iattemptedatfirsttofindouthowmanyamongthepa
6、perspub-lishedinthisjournaldiscussnon-Britishtopics.Theshortansweris:alot.SHMwasoriginallylinkedwiththeUKtraditionofsocialhistory,butfromtheverybeginningitseditorsdeclaredthattherewouldbenogeographicalrestrictionsonarticlesconsideredforpublication,andthattheyhopedtoattractcontr
7、ibutionsfromawiderangeof1countries.Theywereverysuccessfulinextendingthegeographicrangecoveredbythejournal.Someofthenon-Britishpapers,itistrue,studythehistoryofmedicineinBritishcoloniesorex-colonies(thelattertermmayincludeCanada,Australia,SouthAfrica,andtheUSA,thuscoveringimport
8、antpartsoftheWesternworld).Nevertheless,evenifoneexclu
