Naslov
Dušan Jakac: the life in dermatovenerology

Autori
Fatović-Ferenčić, Stella ; Lipozenčić, Jasna

Izvornik
Acta dermatovenerologica Croatica (1330-027X) 11 (2003), 1; 6-9

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, history of medicine, stručni

Ključne riječi
Prominent Croatian dermatovenerologist

Sažetak
This is the story of one of the most prominent Croatian dermatovenerologist Dušan Jakac. Born in 1906 he is also our oldest dermatovenerologist and certainly among the oldest in Europe. His life and experience constitute a treasure of information of dermatovenerology in the region, which motivated us to ask him for an interview. In his life Jakac experienced the time when Europe saw its unrest and witnessed the shift of dreadful epidemics as Spanish flue, syphilis and recently AIDS. He observed different diagnostic approaches their benefits and failures, and practiced various therapeutic approaches, never forgetting to take care of their side effects. Jakac's career illustrates the medical and cultural times in a striking way. We met him at his apartment in Zagreb where he lives now and where he answered promptly and enthusiastically all our queries. Thanking him warmly we can truly state that talking with Dusan Jakac was a unique experience for both the historian of medicine and the dermatovenerologist.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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