| Author/Editor | Avčin, M; Knific, T; Pintar, L; Vendramin, D; Arko, U; Dovečar, F; Prodan, M; Sedej, I; Makarovič, G; Simikič, A; Klemenc, A; Marijan, J; Mozetič, B; Mahnič, M | |
| Title | Dediščina | |
| Translated title | Heritage | |
| Type | članek | |
| Source | Slov Pediatr | |
| Vol. and No. | Letnik 2, št. 1-3 | |
| Publication year | 1995 | |
| Volume | str. 11-24 | |
| Language | slo | |
| Abstract | Child health and paediatrics in Slovenia are based on a vast heritage. Respect for the dignity of children had been shown as early as the IXth and Xth centuries, according to archaelogical findings in old Slav tombs found in various locations. The polyhystoric genius Valvazor in his "Ehre des Hergogthums Krain" (1689, Ljubljana) in the chapter "Manners and Customs" describes the approach to newborns, especially stressing the importance of goodparents for the future success and sefety of the child. In the sense of physiocratic views in ruling the enlightened Empress of Austria, Marie Therese of Habsburg and her son Joseph the IInd, introduced the first European Public Health Code, entitled Normativum Sanitatis, in 1770. Special emphasis was given to obstetrics and midwifery, which had been rather neglected till then. Some bright enthusiastic experts arose, among them, mr. anat. et chir. Anton Makovic, the author of our first textbook on midwifery, "Questions and Answers over Obstetrics", which was published in 1782 in Ljubljana. This booklet, which was sold out, was followed by a larger and more precise manual written by Matošek in 1819 in German and translated into excellent Slovene by the enlightened priest Valentin Vodnik, poet, writer and scientist. The first chapters of real paediatrics are to be found in the comprehensive manual "(Books for (Female) Pupils of Obstetrics)", written by Bernard Pachner, Knight of Eggensdorf, in the Slovenian language. As the head of the chair of Obstetrics in Ljubljana Medical School, he declared himself as a teacher of Obstetrics and Chi ldren's Diseases. Napoleon, in 1809 founded the Illyrian Provinces with Ljubljana as the capital. It's rulers, marshals Marmont and, later Bernadotte, introduced the progressive French spirit, promoting some modern views and practices not only in the domain of education and general progress but also in public health, with particular emphasis on obstetrics and midwifery.(trunc.) | |
| Descriptors | CHILD HEALTH SERVICES SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES CHILD SLOVENIA |