Abstract
Zvonimir Maretić was the pioneer of the study of venomous animals and plants, toxicology, and tourism medicine. His achievements have been recognized, but insufficiently researched. His work covers a broad range of biomedical sciences: from public health, ecology, and environmental protection, to epidemiology and infectology. Maretić was one of the founding members of the International Society on Toxinology and the Toxicon journal's first Editorial Board. He was the first in Europe to prepare the antilatrodectic serum and to successfully apply the weever and scorpionfish antiserum on humans. This brief note tries to commemorate the achievements of Maretić, up to now poorly recognized and insufficiently researched.
Highlights
His work covers a broad range of biomedical sciences: from public health, ecology, and environmental protection, to epidemiology and infectology
In 1962, Maretić’s close friend and colleague, the internist and toxicologist Findlay Ewing Russell,[7] invited Maretić to join the founders of the International Society on Toxinology and the Toxicon journal Editorial Board, which Maretić gladly accepted.[8]
Zvonimir Maretić has been rarely mentioned in the medical literature
Summary
Zvonimir Maretić was the pioneer of the study of venomous animals and plants, toxicology, and tourism medicine.
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