Abstract
This review analyses historical sources on the development of forensic medicine and the coroner system in the town of Bjelovar over the past two centuries. The development of these two professional fields in the context of public health was regulated through a number of bylaws, such as Normativum Sanitatum from the time of the Habsburg Monarchy. Coroner examinations were performed by physicians, surgeons, and laymen using special instructions such as the famous booklet by nobleman and county medical officer Vilim Peičić from 1914. Forensic autopsy was performed by surgeons, primary or secondary hospital physicians in case of sudden or suspicious in-hospital deaths, whereas outpatient forensic autopsies were performed by county or town medical officers and district physicians at the request of investigating authorities (police, court, or general attorney's office). This historical review should serve as the basis for further historical research into this field in Croatia so as to obtain deeper insight into the development of forensic medicine and the coroner system, two professions that have always been a vital factor in public health.
Highlights
Povijesni razvoj sudske medicine vezan je za aktualne medicinske i pravne zakonike koji su se donosili u pojedinim zemljama ili imperatorijima
This historical review should serve as the basis for further historical research into this field in Croatia so as to obtain deeper insight into the development of forensic medicine and the coroner system, two professions that have always been a vital factor in public health
Summary
Klinika za ginekologiju i porodništvo Medicinskog fakulteta i Kliničke bolnice „Sveti Duh“, Zagreb; Hrvatsko Katoličko Sveučilište Zagreb, Hrvatska. U radu je kroz primjere iz povijesnih izvora dan povijesni pregled razvoja sudske medicine i mrtvozorstva u gradu Bjelovaru u protekla dva stoljeća. Razvoj sudske medicine i mrtvozorstva u kontekstu javnoga zdravstva bio je ozakonjen brojnim pravilnicima, među kojima i javnozdravstvenom uredbom Normativum Sanitatum, koja se primjenjivala u svim dijelovima tadašnje carevine Habsburške Monarhije, pa tako i u gradu Bjelovaru od njegova osnutka. Ovaj je povijesni pregled osnova za nastavak daljnjih medikohistoriografskih istraživanja u Hrvatskoj, kojima bi se trebao dobiti cjeloviti uvid razvoja sudske medicine i mrtvozorstva kao dviju struka koje su važan segment u djelovanju javnoga zdravstva. Cilj je ovoga rada predstaviti povijesni razvoj sudske medicine i mrtvozorstva u gradu Bjelovaru i bjelovarskom kraju od sredine 18. Bjelovarsko-križevačke, obavljali i laici-mrtvozorci, zvani i „mrtvari“, koji su bili osposobljeni za ustanovljenje činjenične smrti, a pri sumnji na nasilnu smrt morali su obavijestiti fizika i policiju [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12]
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