Today we are able to trace the history of the
development of medical science, despite extensive
and repeated destruction over the centuries, on the
basis of a variety of written works from the period,
of painting, folk tradition, lore, proverbs, adages,
and of archaic beliefs, which, preserved through
the centuries, bear witness to the trends of the
period. Thus, the preserved “lekaruše” (medical
books) or “lekarnice” (pharmacies), popular
medical editions, stamped with the personal
experiences of the doctors who produced them and
which were handed down from generation to
generation, make it possible to follow the
development of medical thought, which is reflected
in different beliefs and superstitions, with elements
of both magical and religious, but also causal
medicine.
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SOURCE:
THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF PSYCHIATRY IN SERBIA
Srđan Milovanović1, Miroslava Jašović-Gašić1, Mihailo Pantović2, Slavica Đukić-Dejanović3,
Aleksandar A. Jovanović1, Aleksandar Damjanović1 & Dragan Ravanić3