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B Belicza

Publications and source records attributed to B Belicza.

At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2000

Public health reforms and development of health service in the Dakovo sub-district and administrative county in the period 1850-1899.

In the long-lasting struggle for national identity and modernization of Croatia, the Parliament of the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia has passed many laws and regulations from 1874 on, affecting thus the health care and the development of the public health system. The aim of those laws was to establish and achieve the same level of public health care that had already been instituted in some other countries of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In order to clarify the consequences of these reforms for the development of the health care system on the county and district levels of Slavonia, we collected data on the town of Dakovo as a market center, home of the diocese, and seat of the sub-district and administrative county. The data were divided into several categories in order to examine (1) the reorganization of health care in the Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia from 1848 to 1894; (2) the development of health care in the Dakovo sub-district and Dakovo administrative county; (3) number, structure, and distribution of medical practitioners from 1807 to 1899; (4) hospitals from 1859 to 1900; and (5) selected indicators of health and living condition and health needs of the county inhabitants in the period 1850-1900. The analysis of historical material showed that new regulations of health care initiated the process of "medicalization" that was understood as a part of European modernization in the field of state medicine and health care administration. It brought more accurate knowledge of the main causes of illnesses, deaths and disabilities but did not significantly improve health and health conditions in the Dakovo County at the entrance of the 20th century.

Croatia↗
PubMed1992

A brief review of Croatian medical history until the 19 century--Part 1.

The purpose of this study is to remind the contemporary readers of the role and contribution of Croatian medical heritage in the development of medicine in Europe and the World, as well as of the development of medical concepts and medical practice on the territory of what is Croatia today. Selected examples are presented of the famous events and notable persons from the ancient time until the middle of the 19th century.

Croatia↗
PubMed1990

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Croatia↗
PubMed1990

Epilogue.

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Croatia↗
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[Ether and chloroform narcosis in the pages of Zagreb newspapers from 1847 to 1849].

Overviews of the development of anesthesiology in Croatia always emphasize that the first report on the employment of ether anesthesia was published on March 13, 1847, in the Zadar newspaper Gazzeta di Zara. In the world as well, daily newspapers played an important part in spreading the news about the discovery and first use of ether anesthesia. This fact stimulated us to do a systematic search through Zagreb press of that time. Agramer Zeitung (Zagrebacke novine), with its supplement Luna--Beiblatt zur Agramer politischen Zeitung, then Narodne novine and Sudslavische Zeitung (Slavenski jug), were examined for the period from 1846 to the beginning of 1849. Research was directed to give the following answers: when the first writings about discovery and surgery in ether and chloroform anesthesia appeared, which primary and secondary sources of information were used; who wrote them; what kind of attitudes and opinions were promoted, and whose; and finally, did Zagreb newspapers communicate or record the news about first employment of ether and chloroform anesthesia in surgery in Croatia. Research results reveal that Zagreb press had an important role in informing Croatian public about breakthroughs and first experiences in the use of ether and chloroform anesthesia in Europe, and that it contributed to their popularization and employment in our settings. From January 26, 1847, Zagreb papers began publishing first articles about surgeries in ether anesthesia, referring to successes achieved in England and Scotland, and later in Vienna, Berlin, Prague and other big European towns. However, there were no reviews on first successes in America. Sources of information were mainly foreign daily papers, mostly Austrian, and much less often European professional medical journals. Zagreb papers did not report on first surgeries performed in Zadar, Dubrovnik and Split during 1847. The only news from the country referred to the procedure performed in August 1847 in Sisak. This is the first known published information about the beginnings of ether anesthesia in northwest Croatia. The article was written by an A. C., who witnessed and described first experiments using ether anesthesia in a Vienna clinic. Compared to the number of writings on ether anesthesia, introduction of chloroform received much less attention. The first news on Simpson's success was published on December 11, 1847. Regarding total number of texts dedicated to the topic of painless surgery, culmination was reached in 1847, and afterwards the interest of press in this field decreased. In the period from 1847 to the beginning of 1849, not one article was followed by subsequent comments of Croatian readers, either lay people or medical practitioners. Texts were not written sensationally, but with the aim to objectively inform the public by communicating experience and attitudes of contemporary reputable surgeons, including all professional details which might be useful for potential users--patients, as well as for Croatian physicians, surgeons, obstetricians, dentists and veterinarians.

Anesthesia, Inhalation↗
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[The work of Dr. Lavoslav Glesinger in the history of medicine (1901-1986)].

In this paper special attention has been given to the analysis of the elements of the life and work of Professor Lavoslav Glesinger, M.D.,Ph.D., being at the same time the indicators of his role in the process of the development and recognition of the history of medicine as a profession and scientific, educational and academic discipline in our environment. With regard to the assigned object, all available bibliographic material has been studied. Professor Glesinger, being a physician practitioner, showed the interest in that field even in the period from 1931 to 1948 and wholly devoted himself to it working as a professional researcher and professor at the School of Medicine, University of Zagreb in the period from 1948 to 1976, and as a scientist at the Institute for History of Science, Mathematics and Medicine of the Yugoslav Academy of Arts and Sciences, Zagreb, in the period from 1960 to 1981.

Historiography↗