Die Einsamkeit des Arztes und der «lebendige Drang nach Geschichte». Zum historischen Selbstverständnis der Medizin bei Richard Koch

This article tries to identify the theory of medical history in the work of Richard Koch (1882-1949). Rejecting the wide-spread notion of medicine as a science he vigorously argued for a self-image of medicine as an art. From that point of view he built up his theory of medical history and historiography. He wanted medical historiography to be part of practical medicine.