The Industrial Committee of the Medical Society of Kraków (1886–1912)
The Industrial Committee of the Medical Society of Kraków (1886–1912)
Author(s): Monika ZamachowskaSubject(s): History, Social history, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Papieskiego Jana Pawła II w Krakowie
Keywords: Medical Society of Kraków; Industrial Committee; history of medicine; 19th-century medicine; balneology; history of spas
Summary/Abstract: The Industrial Committee of the Medical Society of Kraków (1886–1907) was established to protect and support the Polish medical industry. In the absence of the official Polish state existed, the activities of the committee provided support for Polish manufacturers and health resorts. The main activity of the committee members consisted in assessing production technology and analysis of the chemical composition of food products, and additional clinical trials of medications. In the case of health resorts, evaluation extended to their infrastructure, technical solutions for spa treatments, and curative properties of the waters and climate. Positively evaluated products and spas received a particular certificate and were officially recommended by the society. As many members of the committee were scientists of world renown who belonged to the social elite, using the products they recommended became fashionable and offered a realistic advantage against foreign competition.
Journal: Folia Historica Cracoviensia
- Issue Year: 29/2023
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 5-44
- Page Count: 40
- Language: English
