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Škrljevo Disease: Between Myth and Reality
Croatian medical journal, 45 (2004), 2; 226-229. urn:nbn:hr:184:462588
Muzur, Amir; Škrobonja, Ante

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Muzur, A. & Škrobonja, A. (2004). Škrljevo Disease: Between Myth and Reality. Croatian medical journal, 45. (2), 226-229. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:462588

Muzur, Amir and Ante Škrobonja. "Škrljevo Disease: Between Myth and Reality." Croatian medical journal, vol. 45, no. 2, 2004, pp. 226-229. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:462588

Muzur, Amir and Ante Škrobonja. "Škrljevo Disease: Between Myth and Reality." Croatian medical journal 45, no. 2 (2004): 226-229. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:462588

Muzur, A. and Škrobonja, A. (2004) 'Škrljevo Disease: Between Myth and Reality', Croatian medical journal, 45(2), pp. 226-229. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:462588 (Accessed 27 April 2024)

Muzur A, Škrobonja A. Škrljevo Disease: Between Myth and Reality. Croatian medical journal [Internet]. 2004 [cited 2024 April 27];45(2):226-229. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:462588

A. Muzur and A. Škrobonja, "Škrljevo Disease: Between Myth and Reality", Croatian medical journal, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 226-229, 2004. [Online]. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:184:462588. [Accessed: 27 April 2024]

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Title (english)Škrljevo Disease: Between Myth and Reality
AuthorAmir Muzur
AuthorAnte Škrobonja
Author's institutionUniversity of Rijeka
Faculty of Medicine
(Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities)
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTHCARE
Basic Medical Sciences
History of Medicine and the Biomedical Sciences
Abstract (english)
At the end of the 18th century, an epidemic of allegedly unknown disease characterized by inconsistent symptoms broke up in Istria, Croatia. The disease was called Škrljevo disease after the village Škrljevo, near Rijeka, where it first emerged. We critically evaluated archive material, books, and papers on this disease published during the last 200 years. According to these records, the “illness” spread quite rapidly, affecting around 13,000 people at its peak around the mid-19th century. Dozens of papers, books, and dissertations were written, trying to elucidate the nature and cause of the “epidemic.” By the end of the 19th century, the “disease” had mostly disappeared, but the questions it had raised did not. We believe that this “disease” was not a real epidemic, but actually the rise (and fall) of a “fashionable diagno - sis”. We recognized certain similarities in ethical and popular aspects between the story of the Škrljevo disease and ac - quired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Keywords (english)
Languageenglish
Publication typeProfessional paper - Review paper
Publication statusPublished
Peer reviewPeer review - domestic
Publication versionPublished version
Journal titleCroatian medical journal
Numberingvol. 45, no. 2, pp. 226-229
p-ISSN0353-9504
e-ISSN1332-8166
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:184:462588
Publication2004
Type of resourceText
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