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CAMBIERI AND ŠKRLJEVO DISEASE: THE BEGINNINGS OF VENEREOLOGY IN RIJEKA
Franjo Gruber
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G. B. Cambieri was the most important physician in the Rijeka region in the first half of
the 19th century. He was born near Pavia, and came to Rijeka in 1797. Soon he became
the chief town physician. Most of his activity was directed against an infectious disease that
appeared near Rijeka in the village of Škrljevo at the end of the 18th century. He described it
as a disease in its own right, and termed it morbus Scherlievo, that is, the disease of Škrljevo.
He wrote a few articles about the disease, which was a form of syphilis, and treated it with
mercury preparations. He experimented with new therapies and even self-inoculation. He
also took the initiative to open a new Civic Hospital with a Department of Syphilidology.
After his death in 1838, he left all his money to the Hospital of the Holy Spirit of Rijeka. His
work was of primary importance for the beginning of venerology in the Rijeka region.
Ključne riječi
History of medicine; 18th; 19th century; venereology; Cambieri; Škrljevo disease; mercury; Civic Hospital and Poorhouse; Rijeka; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
101673
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Datum izdavanja:
15.12.2007.
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