title: [The place and importance of history of medicine in the medical curriculum (author's transl)].
abstract: Josef Skoda's Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke's. Theodor Billroth's and Hermann Nothnagel's judgements concerning the tasks of teaching history of medicine are discussed in detail. Then a few topics of present-day interest are mentioned: firstly, the changes in view concerning the pathology and clinical picture of angina pectoris over the course of the past century, then Billroth's preparations for his pylorectomy, and the research work carried out to define a cause of arrhythmia perpetua. The feasibility of introducing lectures concerning medical ethics is also dealt with. The starting point for future lectures in the History of Medicine ought to be Paul Diepgen's statement of 1934, i.e., "the most important task of the history of medicine is to serve theoretical and practical medicine as an ancillary science", with the eventual aim, in the widest sense, of benefitting the patients of today's medical students. Max Neuburger's and Erna Lesky's achievements are gratefully and respectfully acknowledged.
mesh_terms: D001317:Austria; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D006666:History of Medicine; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: Uber einige aufgaben des medizinhistorischen unterrichtes.