Major Museum Collections of Medical Instruments in Belgrade
Major Museum Collections of Medical Instruments in Belgrade
Author(s): Ivana ĆirićSubject(s): Cultural history, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Naučno društvo za istoriju zdravstvene kulture
Keywords: instruments; museum; history of medicine; museum collections
Summary/Abstract: The leading vision of the paper is to present existing medical instruments among the Belgrade museums collections. Therefore, five museums and theirs collections of medical instruments will be displayed followed by brief explanations. The origins of medical practice can be traced in several ways: written sources, the legacy of art, and escavated medical objects. In order to present several objects dated in 1st - 4th century, author examines the medicine practice in the territory of former Upper Moesia (Moesia Superior) and Pannonia Inferior, then Ager Singidunensis and Kosmaj area. Along side, the medical apparatus from recent medical history are also shortly presented. Some examples are accompanied by photos or draws.
Journal: Acta historiae medicinae, stomatologiae, pharmaciae, medicinae veterinariae
- Issue Year: 2013
- Issue No: 32
- Page Range: 121-134
- Page Count: 14
- Language: English