Превенција хабзбуршких власти од ширења заразних болести у Србији у првој половини XVIII века
revention Of The Spread Of Infectious Diseases By The Habsburg Authorities In Serbia In The First Half Of The 18th Century

Summary/Abstract: Epidemics of plague, cholera, and other infectious diseases raged throughout the Middle Ages and the Modern Era, claiming many lives all over the world. The plague, or the Black Death, as people called it, started spreading in the 14th century throughout Europe due to transport of goods and people. Almost one third of the population of the Old World died of this disease. According to the records, the outbreaks of this serious disease in Serbian lands first began in 1363. In 1739, almost the entire area of the Kingdom of Serbia was affected by the epidemic. Despite the limited medical knowledge about the methods of prevention and protection against infectious diseases, the efforts to prevent diseases were nonetheless being made. On the basis of published and unpublished sources, this paper describes the measures that the Habsburg monarchy undertook to prevent the spread of infection from the southern border areas to the central territory, as well as the establishment of border sanitary cordons and the efforts to combat infection.

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