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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICIAL VARAŽDIN COUNTY PHYSICIAN JOHN THE BAPTISTLALANGUE OF THE YEAR 1785
Gustav Piasek
Sažetak
A Croatian translation, accompanied by the author's comments, of an annual report for 1785 by John the Baptist Lalangue, the official physician of the Varaždin County, Croatia, dated 1st January, 1786 is presented. Brief biographic data about John the Baptist Lalangue are also given. The report is deposited in the Croatian Historic Archives
in Zagreb, Croatia, and, like all official documents at that time, is written in Latin. It contains day to day weather reports for 1785, and data on the prevalence of diseases by season, with the description of treatment and mode of preparation of medicines.
In conclusion, the author places emphasis on the great number of data given in the report, and discusses the meaning of the term "fever". He suspects that the data concerning "fever" actually refer to malaria, because it is obvious that the reporter was aware of quinine as a possible cure for "fever", but he prefered, to his opinion, more
effective drugs for its treatment. The author considers the professional ussage of the names of medicines and the descritpion of drug preparation in the report especially interesting.
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Hrčak ID:
135129
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Datum izdavanja:
5.12.2001.
Posjeta: 736 *