The Level of Diagnostics in the 17th - 19th Century Based on Patients´ Reports of Prague Brothers´ of Charity and 'Alžbětinky' Hospitals

Abstract

The books listing accepted patients have been preserved in the archival records of booth medical houses. They provide information about the morbidity and mortality of the Prague population since the 17th to 19th centuries.Howerer, about all, recorded diagnoses bring information about the level of medical knowledge and about the development of new knowledege.

Keywords

• Level
• Diagnostics
• Century
• Based
• Patients´
• Reports
• Prague
• Brothers
• Charity
• Alžbětinky
• Hospitals