Author/Editor		Zupanič-Slavec, Zvonka
Title		Lipičev znanstveni prvenec v protialkoholni literaturi
Translated title		The pioneering scientific work of Lipič in the anti-alcohol literature
Type		članek
Source		In: Lipič FV. Osnovne značilnosti dipsobiostatike - zlorabe alkohola oziroma na podlagi zdravniškega opazovanja nastala politično-statistična predstavitev njenih posledic, ki se odražajo na prebivalstvu in življenjski dobi. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, Znanstveno društvo za zgodovino zdravstvene kulture Slovenije,
Publication year		2005
Volume		str. 23-40
Language		slo
Abstract		In his first posting, as doctor to the poor in Ljubljana, Lipič was for 11 years regularly encountering the destitute of the city. Among them were numerous alcoholics. The youthful, enthusiastic researcher felt that he must examine the problem in greater depth and, by providing wider information, increase public awareness of it in the society of that time. He selected 200 alcoholics, whom he monitored in two groups over a period of four years. He conducted an exceptionally extensive clinical study, recording the illness and mortality rate of the subjects observed, and also the birth rate in their families. Likewise, he kept track of the epidemiology of alcoholism, established his own classification for it, and with great care statistically processed the results of the study. These revealed devastating medical, social, economic and other consequences. Although alcoholism was widespread throughout Europe, and was being dealt with by the medical experts from diverse language regions, Lipič's study was by no means a compilation of foreign findings. His work, both in content and methodology, is original, planned down to the finest details, responsibly conducted, carefully analysed and objectively interpreted. Among the authors of the time, Lipič cited only the Scottish naval doctor Trotter and the German doctor Bruhl-Cramer. (Abstract trunacated at 2000 characters)
Descriptors		ALCOHOL DRINKING ALCOHOLISM