Public Health Problems in the Medieval Statutes of Croatian Adriatic Coastal Towns: From Public Morality to Public Health |
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Authors: | Anja Petaros Ante Skrobonja Tatjana Culina Alan Bosnar Vedran Frkovic Josip Azman |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Forensic Medicine, Rijeka University School of Medicine, Brace Branchetta 20, 51 000, Rijeka, Croatia 2. Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities, Rijeka University, School of Medicine, 51 000, Rijeka, Croatia 3. Teaching Institute for Public Health, 51 000, Rijeka, Croatia 4. Department of Forensic Medicine, Rijeka University School of Medicine, 51 000, Rijeka, Croatia 5. Department of Anaesthesiology and ICU, Rijeka University Hospital, 51 000, Rijeka, Croatia
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Abstract: | The article seeks out the regulations about public health in the oldest medieval statutes of fourteen cities of the eastern Croatian Adriatic coast, between the thirteenth and sixteenth century. The research revealed numerous examples of direct or indirect ways of protecting public health. Through the analyzed documents, a noteworthy relationship between public morality and public health can be noted. The described rules are important as a reflection of awareness about public health as a condition of survival and progress in the past. They witness a progressive transition from an original common law into a written law as well as the impact that religion had in influencing people’s general opinion and lifestyle in light of public health problems. |
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