Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Josef Škoda

  • Medicine in the Austro-Hungarian Empire

    The Austro-Hungarian Empire, which existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 1918, was one of the most scientifically vibrant states in the world. Its medical culture, centered primarily in Vienna but extending across a sprawling, multiethnic realm, produced some of the most consequential advances in modern medicine. From pathology and psychiatry to immunology and public…