Robert Bosch Stiftung

About: Robert Bosch Stiftung is a nonprofit organization based out in Stuttgart, Germany. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Health care & Poison control. The organization has 44 authors who have published 71 publications receiving 923 citations. The organization is also known as: Robert-Bosch-Stiftung & Robert Bosch Foundation.

[Why consult a homoeopath? A medical practice in Münster/Westphalia in the 19th century].

Abstract: The physician Friedrich von Bonninghausen (1828-1910) practiced from 1864 until his death as a homoeopath in Munster/Westphalia. The article locates this "alternative" practice in its medical surrounding. It is shown which cures the patients had already used before they turned to the method of Hahnemann and which motives are given in the records for their decision to consult the homoeopath.

The longue durée of contraceptive methods.

Abstract: Medical history has so far paid hardly any attention to the longue duree, a history in which, according to Braudel, 'all change is slow'. It is therefore one of the challenges of the emerging field of the social history of medicine to work audaciously across time as well as across space. An interesting subject, for example, is the history of contraception. Throughout history, there has been almost nothing people have worried about more than having sex without fear of consequence. At first sight, the story of contraception seems to be one of progress, from the Ancient Egyptian crocodile-dung pessary to the modern-day condom and contraceptive pill. A closer look, however, shows a pattern of remarkable continuities in the reproductive behaviour of men and women over the last two thousand years. In this paper, I shall attempt to show why traditional male-dominated contraceptive methods still linger on despite the sexual revolution brought about by the invention of the 'pill' in the late 1950s.

[Urinary incontinence in the elderly. 1: Forms of urinary incontinence--basic diagnosis--additional diagnosis]

Abstract: Every geriatric patient should routinely be questioned about possible urinary incontinence. The basic diagnostic work-up comprises the clinical history, wherever indicated a geriatric assessment, a nursing care history, a physical examination and a micturition protocol. Furthermore, determination of postvoid residual urine, laboratory investigations and a urine-analysis should be done in all patients. Ultrasonography of the urinary tract is a simple non-invasive procedure that can exclude the presence of large tumors, stones in the bladder and urinary retention. Only selected patients require a greater diagnostic effort prior to treatment, for example, urologic and/or gynecologic investigations or a urodynamic evaluation.