title: Differences and similarities in the regulation of medical practice between early modern Vienna and Osijek.
abstract: This paper evaluates the regulation of medical practice from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries in two Habsburg cities, Vienna and Osijek, in the light of the spread of medical knowledge and practice from the centre to the periphery of the Habsburg Monarchy. Although both cities were part of the Habsburg Monarchy for much of the early modern period, there were more differences than similarities between them. This may be explained by appealing to a variety of factors, including geographical position, population structure, religion, government type, and professional organisations, all of which contributed to making medical practice very different in the two cities. The divergence occurred in spite of a central agenda for ensuring uniformity of medical practice throughout the Habsburg Monarchy. Although the legislation governing medical practice was the same in both cities, it was more strictly implemented in Vienna than in Osijek. In consequence, Osijek was the setting for some unique patterns of medical practice not to be found in the Habsburg capital.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Department for Diagnostic and Intervention Radiology, Clinical Hospital Merkur, Zajceva 19, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia. brunoatalic@yahoo.co.uk
authors.forename: Bruno
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Atalic
mesh_terms: D002947:Cities / Q000266:history*; D005060:Europe; D033161:Government Regulation / Q000266:history*; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D011056:Political Systems / Q000266:history*; D011364:Professional Practice / Q000266:history* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence