Historical Epidemiology: Morbidity and mortality in Switzerland, 1850-1950

This strand of research unites under one umbrella smaller sub-projects on the spread of the Spanish Flu in the Canton of Bern 1918/1919, on sanitary reforms and the reduction of typhoid fever in Swiss cities 1876-1930, on hunger and its traces in the human body during World War 1, on cholera epidemics in Basel and Zürich 1850-1860, and on endemic iodine deficiency in Switzerland and its impact on health during the first half of the 20^th century. The common goal of these subprojects is to learn from past experiences for modern public health.

• PD Dr. Kaspar Staub (PI)
• Dr. Joël Floris

• Prof. Dr. Ulrich Woitek
• Prof. Dr. Sakari Saaritsa
• Prof. Dr. Bernard Harris
• Prof. Dr. Alfredo Morabia
• Dr. Oliver Grübner
• Prof. Dr. Milo Puhan
• Hunger draws the map collaboration

• Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar (2019). Water, sanitation and mortality in Swiss towns in the context of urban renewal in the late nineteenth century. The History of the Family, 24(2):249-276.

• Floris, Joël; Höpflinger, Francois; Stohr, Christian; Studer, Roman; Staub, Kaspar (2019). Wealthier – older – taller: measuring the standard of living in Switzerland since the 19th century. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Geschichte (Revue suisse d'histoire), 69(2):207-232.

• Floris, Joël; Staub, Kaspar; Stohr, Christian; Woitek, Ulrich (2019). Changes in mortality in Switzerland, 1880–1910. In: Flores Zendejas, Juan; Hürlimann, Gisela; Lorenzetti, Luigi; Schiedt, Hans-Ulrich. Texte und Zahlen / Des textes et des chiffres. Zürich: Chronos, 69-91.

• Floris, Joël; Kaiser, Laurent; Mayr, Harald; Staub, Kaspar; Woitek, Ulrich (2019). Survival of the weakest? Culling evidence from the 1918 flu pandemic. Working paper series / Department of Economics 316, University of Zurich.

• Staub, Kaspar (2016). Der vermessene menschliche Körper als Spiegel der Ernährungs- und Gesundheitsverhältnisse am Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges. In: Krämer, Daniel; Pfister, Christian; Segesser, Daniel Marc. «Woche für Woche neue Preisaufschläge». Nahrungsmittel-, Energie- und Ressourcenkonflikte in der Schweiz des Ersten Weltkrieges. Basel: Schwabe, 285-305.

• Holloway, K L; Staub, Kaspar; Rühli, Frank J; Henneberg, M (2014). Lessons from history of socioeconomic improvements: a new approach to treating multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis. Journal of Biosocial Science, 46(05):600-620.

• Holloway, Kara L; Henneberg, Renata; de Barros Lopes, Miguel; Staub, Kaspar; Link, Karl; Rühli, Frank J; Henneberg, Maciej (2013). Secular trends in tuberculosis during the second epidemiological transition: a Swiss perspective. Advances in Anthropology, 03(02):78-90.

• Papageorgopoulou, C; Staub, Kaspar; Rühli, Frank J (2012). Hypothyroidism in Switzerland from an anthropological, clinical and historic perspective. RCC perspectives (Internet):75-91.

• Mäxi Foundation