THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CROATIAN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF HEALTH CULTURE

Abstract

This paper presents the impressive activity of the Croatian Society for the History of Health Culture on the occasion of the half-century anniversary. The short overall historical review of the Society’s history is given, and three particularly important projects are highlighted: the science conventions “Rijeka and its Citizens in Medical History” (“Rijeka i Riječani u medicinskoj povjesnici”), the scientific journal AMHA – Acta medico-historica Adriatica, and the special section called “In honour of Asclepius and Orpheus” (“Asklepiju i orfeju u čast”).

Keywords: the history of medicine, the Croatian Society for the History of Health Culture, science convention, scientific journal, links between music and medicine.