Review article
THE TOWN HOSPITAL OF LABIN (ALBONA) : THE CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF HOSPITAL CARE IN THE LABIN AREA IN ISTRIA
Lucijan Mohorović
Abstract
This article summarises the development of hospital services in the area of Labin in Istria, Croatia from its first hospital in 1485 to the Town Hospital of 1925. The locality of Brdo near Labin also saw the first hospital specialised for miners in 1860. Of physicians who most
contributed to the development of hospital and general healthcare services in the Labin area, the most distinguished are Dr Giovanni Batista Dell'Oste from the mid 19th century and Dr Tommaso Lazzarini, the first Town Hospital director from 1925 to 1948.
Keywords
history of hospitals; 15th; 19th and 20th century; Labin; Istria
Hrčak ID:
83066
URI
Publication date:
15.6.2007.
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