Serbian medical society’s Museum of Serbian medicine

Tradicija sakupljanja medicinskih predmeta u Srbiji duga je 162 godine. Započeta je 1844. godine, kada je u Vojnoj bolnici u Beogradu osnovan Muzeum Redkosti. Godine 1872. inicijativom mladog liječnika Vladana Đorđevića, osnovano je prvo strukovno udruženje u Srbiji – Srpsko lekarsko društvo. Iste godine započeto je stvaranje Društvene zbirke koju su uglavnom sačinjavali makroskopski patoanatomski preparati. Zbirka je bila povjerena na čuvanje dr. Josifu Pančiću, prirodnjaku europskog ugleda. Muzej srpske medicine Srpskog lekarskog društva osnovan je 6. studenoga 1955. godine u okviru Sekcije za istoriju medicine i farmacije SLD-a, na čijem je čelu bio ugledni povjesničar medicine profesor dr. Vladimir Stanojević. Stalni muzejski postav koncipiran je s ciljem prikazivanja razvojnog puta srpske medicine od srednjeg vijeka do kraja Drugoga svjetskog rata. Od 1989. godine Srpsko lekarsko društvo i njegov muzej smješteni su u zgradi Prve varoške bolnice koja ima posebno značenje jer je jedno od reprezentativnih zdanja Beograda XIX. stoljeća, a namjenski je građena za gradsku bolnicu između 1865. i 1868. godine.The tradition of collecting objects related to medicine and health care in Serbia is 162 years old. It began in 1844 with the founding of the Museum of Rarities at the Military Hospital in Belgrade. 1872 saw the foundation of the first Serbian professional association, Serbian Medical Society, initiated by a young physician Vladan Đorđević. The Society’s collection dates from the same year, and mainly consisted of pathoanatomical macroscopic preparations, looked after by Dr Josif Pančić, a naturalist of European reputation. The Serbian Medical Society’s Museum of Serbian Medicine was founded on 6 November 1955, within the Department of the History of Medicine and Pharmacy, chaired by an eminent historian of medicine, Professor Vladimir Stanojević. This standing exhibition had the aim to present the development of Serbian medicine from the Middle Ages to the end of the Second World War. Since 1989, Serbian Medical Society and its Museum have moved to the building of the First City Hospital, a beautiful Belgrade building of the 19th century built between 1865 and 1868