Gdańska ordynacja dla fizyków miejskich z 1661 roku
The Danzig medical constitution for city physicians issued
in 1661
Author(s): Katarzyna Pękacka-FalkowskaSubject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Middle Ages
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika
Keywords: the 17th century; Royal Prussia; medical constitutions; civic medicine; medical police (Medizinische Polizey)
Summary/Abstract: City physicians, called physici, performed numerous duties in Early ModernEurope, different from country to country and region to region. Research possibilitiesregarding their role in the history of Danzig/Gdańsk medicine are limited because of theloss of archives during the World War II. The article presents the rights and obligations ofGdańsk physici in the 17th century based on a source hitherto unknown to researchers –the city medical constitution of 1661.
Journal: Klio. Czasopismo poświęcone dziejom Polski i powszechnym
- Issue Year: 4/2020
- Issue No: 56
- Page Range: 137-168
- Page Count: 32
- Language: Polish