Medical periodicals in Croatia until 1918

Authors

  • Vladimir Dugački Croatian Medical Association – Croatian Society for the History of Medicine

Keywords:

Medical periodicals in Croatia until 1918, anti-alcoholism, health education

Abstract

The first medical periodical in Croatia Hrvatski prvenci o naravi i zdravlju (Croatian firstlings of nature and health) was started in 1860, followed by the professional medical magazine Glasnik Društva slavonskih liječnika  (Journal  of the Society of Slavonian Doctors, Osijek) and Liječnički vjesnik  (Medical Journal, Zagreb, published today) in 1877, and two other professional medical magazines published later. Two anti-alcoholism magazines Novi naraštaj (New Generation) and Novi život (New Life), magazine for health education Život i zdravlje (Life and Health) and newspapers from Krapina and Opatija health centers were published in Croatia until the end of World War I. Also, an international balneologic magazine entitled Zentralblatt für Thalassotherapie (1909–1911) was published in Opatija.

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2013-11-13

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