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24 Nordic Medical History Congress 24th Nordic Medical History Congress 29th May – 1st June, 2013 Program Abstracts 24th Nordic Medical History Congress 24th Nordic Medical History Congress 29th May – 1st June, 2013 Program Abstracts ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Ilkka Alitalo Henna Sinisalo Kati Salo Heikki S. Vuorinen CONGRESS SECRETERIAT Tuija Partonen slhs@tuhatjayksi.fi Suomen Lääketieteen Historian Seura, Helsinki, 2013 Ulkoasu ja taitto: Ben Sebastian Design Paino: Bookwell, Porvoo 2013 ISBN 978-952-93-2244-2 WELCOME To the 24th Nordic Medical History Congress In Helsinki, 29th May – 31st May 2013 Dear Participant, It is a pleasure to welcome you to the 24th Nordic Medical History Con- gress in Helsinki. This is the fourth time that Finland hosts the congress. To broaden the geographical area of the people interested in the congress, the congress language will be English – the lingua franca of the scientific world. We are happy to welcome several participants whose native language is not one of the Nordic languages. At the same time, we must not forget the Nor- dic heritage of the congress. We hope that our Nordic participants will feel as comfortable as before in the Nordic Medical History Congresses. Both archives and medical history museums are the custodians of medical history. It is our tradition to have a separate meeting for medical history mu- seums in the Nordic Medical History Congresses. Human remains are among the most valuable sources for the history of health in past populations. The ethics for excavation and further management of the human remains is an important topic; consequently a special workshop is arranged. 5 The three principal themes of the congress are Bioarchaeology and physi- cal anthropology and the health of past populations; Historical and medical perspectives on control and self-control; and History of medical and health education. We are pleased that the keynote lectures and the opening ceremony will be held in Arppeanum, the historical building of the Helsinki University Museum. The Arppeanum building was completed in 1869 to house the chemistry laboratory and museum collections of the University. We sincerely hope that your participation in the congress will be an en- riching experience both professionally, socially and culturally. On behalf of the Finnish Medico-Historical Society. Ilkka Alitalo Heikki S, Vuorinen Professor, President of the Docent, Vice-president of the Finnish Medico-Historical Society Finnish Medico-Historical Society 6 Programme at a Glance Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 29th May 30th May 31st May 1st June Registration Registration open from 8.00 Registration open from 8.30 open from 8.30 9.00 –, Workshop Opening of the congress Keynote lectures Excursions “Reburial or Keynote lectures curation: human remains and ethics”, Lunch Lunch Lunch Lunch 12.00 – 16.30, 3 parallel sessions 3 parallel sessions Excursions Meeting of medical history Bioarcheo- Histori- Varia I History The history Poster museums logy and cal and of medi- and legacy session physical medical cal and of Nordic Workshop anthropol- perspec- health anti-tu- “Reburial or ogy and tives on educa- ber culosis curation: human the health control tion I campaigns remains and eth- of past and self- ics” continues up popula- control I to 15.00 tions I Coffee break Coffee break 3 parallel sessions 2 parallel sessions Bioarcheo- Histori- Medicine History of medical Varia II logy and cal and before and health physical medical the education II anthropol- perspec- found- ogy and tives on ing of the health control universi- of past and ties in popula- self- the tions II control Nordic II countries Get-together party, Congress banquet 18.00 –19.00 19.00 –22.00 7 General Information Congress venue House of Science and Letters (Kirkkokatu 6) and Helsinki University Mu- seum (in the picture, Snellmaninkatu 3). Distance between the venues is about 300 meters. Official language English Presentation Each speaker will have 20 minutes for presentation + 5 minutes for discus- sion. Standard MS PowerPoint facilities are available Speakers are hoped to bring their presentation on a USB stick. at least 15 minutes before the begin- ning of their session to the meeting room. Posters Set up of posters will be at Thursday, from 11 o’clock onwards. Poster exhi- bition will be available throughout the congress. During the poster session presenter of the poster is hoped to be on place to answer the questions con- cerning the poster. Chairpersons Please be present in the meeting room at least 10 minutes before the begin- ning of the session. Please beware that all speakers keep the timetable. Mobile phones Please turn off your mobile phones when entering the lecture or session room. Breaks Coffee, tea and refreshments will be served outside the session rooms during the coffee breaks. 8 Lunch Lunch will be served in the House of Science and Letters. Registration and information Registration of all participants and accompanying persons is essential. The registration disk will be open: Wednesday, 29th May, 8.30 – 17.00, University Museum Thursday, 30th May, 8.00 – 17.00, University Museum Friday, 31st May, 8.30 – 17.00, University Museum. 9 Program Wednesday, 29th May Registration open all day. University Museum (8.30 – 17.00) 9.00 – 15.00, Workshop “Reburial or curation: human remains and ethics”, House of Science and Letters. Lunch break at 11.30 – 12.30. Lunch on your own cost. 12.00 – 16.30, Meeting for medical history museums, Helsinki University Museum. Keynote Speaker: Associate Professor Kerstin Hulter Åsberg, Up- psala University, Sweden 18.00 – 19.00, Get-together party, Old Court House, (Aleksanterinkatu 20) Thursday, 30th May Registration open all day. University Museum (8.00 – 17.00). 9.00 – 9.15, Opening of the congress 9.15 – 10.00, Keynote lecture, Helsinki University Museum. Director Gen- eral, Docent Jussi Nuorteva, National Archives of Finland. Title of the key- note lecture: Protection of privacy in research on archival documents and museum collections. 10.15 – 11.00, Keynote lecture, Helsinki University Museum. Professor Charlotte Roberts, University of Durham, UK. Title of the keynote lecture: Palaeopathology and medical history: is there divergence or convergence in the use of different sources of data in understanding the health of our ancestors? 11.00 – 12.30, Lunch, House of Science and Letters 12.30 – 14.15, 3 parallel sessions, House of Science and Letters 10 Session 1. Bioarchaeology and physical anthropology and the health of past populations I Justina Kozakaitơ & Mantas Daubaras: TRAUMA AND TREATMENT IN MEDIEVAL LITHUANIA – WHAT HISTORICAL RECORDS DO NOT MENTION? Lauren McIntyre: HEALTH IN ROMAN YORK Šarnjnas Jatautis: MORTALITY STATISTICS OF THE EARLIEST INHAB- ITANTS OF MEDIEVAL VILNIUS Kati Salo: PALEOPATHOLOGY OF NINE CEMETERIES IN SOUTHERN FINLAND – OVERVIEW OF PALEODEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES, PA- THOLOGY AND SOME PROBLEMATIC CASE STUDIES Session 2. Historical and medical perspectives on control and self-control I Jesper Vaczy Kragh: DRUG ADDICTION IN PSYCHIATRY, 1870 –1945 Petteri Pietikäinen: PACIFYING PATIENT POPULATIONS IN ASYLUMS BEFORE AND AFTER THE “PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL REVOLU- TION” OF THE 1950s Ville Salminen: THE USE OF STEREOTACTIC PSYCHOSURGERY AS A MEANS OF CONTROL AND SELF-CONTROL Kristine Lillestøl: NEURASTHENIA 188–1920 – A WORK-RELATED DIS- ORDER? Session 3. Varia I Kaija Rautavirta & Antti Ahlström: FINNISH PHYSIOLOGISTS ROBERT AND CARL TIGERSTEDT AND THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION Kjell Asplund: LOW-CARB VS. LOW-FAT DIETS TO TREAT CORPU- LENCE. CENTURIES OF CONTROVERSY Ana María Rosso: ONE CASE OF ZOONOSIS: RABIES AS INFECTIOUS SCOURGE IN ANTIQUITY, TRESPASSING THE BOUNDARY BE- TWEEN MAN AND ANIMAL Einar J Berle: MALE CIRCUMCISION: SURGERY OR CULT 14.15–14.45, Coffee break, House of Science and Letters 11 14.45–16.30, 3 parallel sessions, House of Science and Letters Session 1. Bioarchaeology and physical anthropology and the health of past populations II Sirpa Niinimäki, Sonja Söderling, Juho-Antti Junno, Mikko Finnilä & Markku Niskanen: CORTICAL BONE THICKNESS VARIES LOCALLY DUE TO MUSCLE ACTION AND AGE Linzi Harvey: EVERY TOOTH MORE VALUABLE THAN A DIAMOND? USING DENTITION TO UNDERSTAND ASPECTS OF HEALTH IN PAST POPULATIONS Rosa Vilkama: DENTAL HEALTH OF 17TH AND 18TH CENTURY OULU INHABITANTS Session 2. Historical and medical perspectives on control and self-control II Suvi Rytty: SELF-CONTROL AS A WAY TO HEALTH AND SOCIAL REFORM – THE FINNISH NATURAL HEALING MOVEMENT IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY Anna Niiranen: QUEEN VICTORIA, POSTNATAL DEPRESSION AND TROUBLES WITH EARLY MOTHERHOOD Jari Eilola: THE UNDERSTANDING OF ILLNESS AND HEALING IN EARLY MODERN FINLAND Session 3. Medicine before the founding of universities in the Nordic countries Kirsi Kanerva: MELANCHOLIA IN MEDIEVAL ICELAND: REPRESEN- TATION OF AN ILLNESS IN VERNACULAR SAGA LITERATURE Óttar Guðmundsson: SUICIDES AND BURIAL RITES IN ICELAND 1500–1800 Susanna Niiranen: SLEEP AND INSOMNIA IN MEDIEVAL REMEDIES Annette Frölich: MEDICINE IN SOUTHERN SCANDINAVIA IN THE FIRST MILLENNIUM, ARCHAEOLOGICALLY VISUALIZED 16.45–17.45, Meeting of Nordisk Medicinhistorisk Förening, for members of the Nordic Medical History societies, House of Science and Letters 12 16.30–19.00, Possibility to visit the exhibition on the history of medicine in the Helsinki University Museum Friday, 31st May Registration open all day. University Museum (8.30 – 17.00). 9.15–10.00, Keynote lecture, Helsinki University Museum. Dr Louise Hill Curth, Reader in Medical History, University of
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