Micro - Organisms, Epidemics AndMedical Treatment In 17th And Begining Of18th Century Varaždin Generalate And Križevci County

Središnji dio rada posvećen je značenju mikroorganizama i epidemijama na pograničnom prostoru osmanskog i habsburškog imperijalnog sustava. Autor u radu govori o pojavi i razvitku hospitala koji su vršili dio zdravstvenih funkcija. Posebna pozornost posvećena je epidemijama kuge te postupcima za njihovo suzbijanje na prostorima Varaždinskog generalata (Slavonske krajine) i Križevačke županije u 17. i na početku 18. stoljeća. U radu se govori i o prvim liječnicima, primaljama te o zdravstvenim uvjetima na prostoru između rijeka Drave, Save i Kupe.The author deals here with start of hospices and their development into hospitals that took care of some medical issues. The majority of article is dedicated to significance of microorganisms and epidemics in borderline regions of the Ottoman and the Habsburg Empires. Particular attention was paid to the plague epidemics and actions taken in fighting it in Varaždin Generalate (Slavonnia Military Frontier) and Križevci County in the 17th and early 18th century. The paper covers the work of the first physicians and midwives here, as well as hygiene conditions applied in the region between the rivers Drava, Sava and Kupa