Physicians in Srem in XVIII and XIX century: Distinguished botanists
It was necessary for the first physicians to have the knowledge of plants, because phytotherapy was an integral part of medicine from the very beginning. For this reason, botany was a significant part of the curriculum at medical faculties in the XVIII and XIX century. Some professors at th...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Matica srpska
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Zbornik Matice Srpske za Prirodne Nauke |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0352-4906/2016/0352-49061631033M.pdf |
| Summary: | It was necessary for the first physicians to have the knowledge of plants,
because phytotherapy was an integral part of medicine from the very
beginning. For this reason, botany was a significant part of the curriculum
at medical faculties in the XVIII and XIX century. Some professors at these
faculties were known in international scientific circles as prominent
botanists (Pál Kitaibel, August Kanitz, Giovanni Scopoli, Carl von Linné,
etc.). After the liberation from the Turkish rule, flora was insufficiently
explored in the territory of today’s Vojvodina, which made it an interesting
area for botanical studies undertaken by science professors from the
universities in Vienna, Pest, and Cluj. A significant contribution to their
scientific work was given by researchers from Srem, who in addition to their
medical and pharmaceutical work practiced also botany. Some of them had their
results published in publications and some became members of the European
scientific natural history societies (Andreas Budai, Georgius Streim,
Bartholomäus Emmanuel Godra, Mathias Kirchbaum, and Andreas Wolny). |
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| ISSN: | 0352-4906 2406-0828 |