Naslov
Zlata Blažina Tomić – Vesna Blažina ; Expelling the Plague: The Health Office and the Implementation of Quarantine in Dubrovnik 1377– 1533

Autori
Eterović, Igor

Izvornik
Acta Medico-Historica Adriatica (1334-4366) 13 (2016), 1; 185-188

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, prikaz, stručni

Ključne riječi
Zlata Blažina Tomić; Vesna Blažina; Health Office; Dubrovnik; 14th-16th Centuries

Sažetak
The book Expelling the Plague is a completely revised and substantially expanded version of the Croatian book Kacamorti i kuga: utemeljenje i razvoj zdravstvene službe u Dubrovniku [Cazamorti and the Plague: Founding and Development of the Health Offices in Dubrovnik] (Zagreb – Dubrovnik, Croatian Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2007.) written by Zlata Blažina Tomić. Helped by her coauthor Vesna Blažina they have together prepared a comprehensive, easyread, but simultaneously meticulous and scientifically thorough study about one piece of Dubrovnik history which is globally unique, important and valuable. Book has 9 Chapters, Conclusion and three Appendices. With 55 pages of endnotes and 29 pages of references every reader has a precise and easy guide through enormous literature used in this book. In addition, the authors provided detailed Index which make this book useful to many specialists from different fields. The book includes 28 figures, 5 facsimiles, and 4 tables which harmoniously complement and enrich the text. The effort of authors made in their investigation and the preparation of the book is enormous and deserves maximal respect and esteem. The book is valuable in several highly important dimensions which are especially highlighted in a review.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Temeljne medicinske znanosti, Povijest

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