Review article
https://doi.org/10.26332/seemedj.v7i2.291
Enlightenment and Freemasonry in the Life and Work of the Physician Joannis Baptistae Lalangue
Rajko Fureš
; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia; Institute for Integrative Gynecology, Obstetrics and Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Zabok General Hospital and Croatian Veterans Hospital, Croatia
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Domagoj Vidosavljević
; Faculty of Medicine, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia; National Memorial Hospital “Dr. Juraj Njavro” Vukovar, Croatia
Cvjetko Lež
; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia
Žana Stanić
; Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia; Institute for Integrative Gynecology, Obstetrics and Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Croatia; Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Zabok General Hospital and Croatian Veterans Hospital, Croatia
Dora Fureš
; Faculty of Medicine, University of Split, Croatia
Zlatko Hrgović
; Johan Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Mario Fučkar
; “Krapinske Toplice” Special Hospital for Medical Rehabilitation, Croatia
Željka Fureš
; Operations department, Zabok General Hospital and Croatian Veterans Hospital, Croatia
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Data on the educational and Freemasonry activities of Doctor Joannis Baptistae Lalangue have been relatively modestly represented in the scientific literature until now. Based on recent research, we have come to the realizations that give us a new context for the life and work of Lalangue, especially from the aspect of his social activity. All of the above had very significant repercussions on his entire public health work and especially on his journalistic and publishing work. John the Baptist Lalangue was a successful physician. During his medical studies in Vienna, he was recognized by Baron van Swieten, the first name in medicine of the Habsburg Monarchy. Recent knowledge speaks of his very notable Enlightenment and Freemasonry work, which largely determined his life and work. Lalangue has created a truly impressive literary work, which is closely related to his active Enlightenment and public Masonry engagement. The mentioned progressive Enlightenment engagement is also responsible for the fact that thanks to Lalangue, we already had printed medical original professional literature in the Croatian language in the second half of the 18th century. This directly changed the conditions in society, primarily in the field of public health, for the better, not only in Croatia but also throughout the Habsburg Monarchy.
Keywords
John the Baptist Lalangue; history of medicine; Enlightenment; Freemasonry
Hrčak ID:
319417
URI
Publication date:
19.7.2024.
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