Careers of the First Regional Physicians and Surgeons in the Czech Lands after Joseph II''s Reforms (c. 1785-1825)
2011
Abstract
The study, a principally material study and prosopographic in nature, aims to throw light on the role and functioning of regional medical officers in the Enlightenment system of public health, especially etween 1785-1825. The study focuses on the first generations of regional medical officers - physicians and surgeons - of this post-reform era.
It poses the question on the living conditions of these men, who carried the importance of their office with the highest self-confidence in themselves and a necessary self-sacrifice, also.