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THE FIRST FEMALE OPHTHALMOLOGISTS IN CROATIA

MILAN IVANIŠEVIĆ ; University of Split, School of Medicine, Split University Hospital Centre, Department of Ophthalmology, Split, Croatia

Abstract

The fi rst female ophthalmologists who worked in Croatia started their residency at the beginning of the 1920s. They fi nished their medical education abroad because the School of Medicine in Zagreb opened in 1917. The fi rst three women pioneers of Croatian ophthalmology were Dr Katica Šupe, Dr Mira Mašek-Breitenfeld and Head Doctor Jelka Spevec-Gutschy. Dr Šupe fi nished her ophthalmology residency in Novi Sad in 1926 and the same year she founded and led the Eye Department in Dubrovnik. Dr Mašek-Breitenfeld fi nished her ophthalmic training at the Eye Clinic in Zagreb, led by Professor A. Botteri, in 1927. Later on, she herself was leading the outpatient department of School Polyclinic in Zagreb. Head Doctor Spevec- Gutschy became specialist in ophthalmology in 1927 at Assist. Professor K. Kühn in the Eye Department of Vinogradska Hospital from Zagreb. She was particularly engaged in lacrimal sac surgery. At that time, female specialists were very rare in ophthalmology, whereas today ophthalmology is becoming an ever more female profession.

Keywords

ophthalmology; women; history; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

216553

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/216553

Publication date:

30.1.2019.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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