Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.31952/amha.17.2.6
ZVONIMIR MARETIĆ (1921–1989): THE HISTORY OF DISCOVERY OF THE FIRST EUROPEAN ANTILATRODECTIC SERUM AND ITS PREPARATOR ON THE OCCASION OF THE 30th ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH
Toni Buterin
orcid.org/0000-0003-0725-1008
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Rijeka, Croatia
Bojan Glažar
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Rijeka, Croatia.
Amir Muzur
orcid.org/0000-0002-9770-6733
; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Rijeka, Croatia; University of Rijeka, Faculty of Health Studies, Department of Public Health, Rijeka, Croatia
Abstract
Zvonimir Maretić was the pioneer of the study of venomous animals and plants, toxicology, and tourism medicine. His achievements have been recognized, but insufficiently researched. His work covers a broad range of biomedical sciences: from public health, ecology, and environmental protection, to epidemiology and infectology. Maretić was one of the founding members of the International Society on Toxinology and the Toxicon journal’s first Editorial Board. He was the first in Europe to prepare the antilatrodectic serum and to successfully apply the weever and scorpionfish antiserum on humans. This brief note tries to commemorate the achievements of Maretić, up to now poorly recognized and insufficiently researched.
Keywords
Zvonimir Maretić; history of medicine; toxicology; antivenom; latrodectism
Hrčak ID:
232040
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2019.
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