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Vienna - medically. One can look at Vienna from this perspective, too. There are traces to be found almost everywhere in the city, as not all that long ago Vienna was, from the viewpoint of medical history, regarded as the "Mecca of Medicine". This book describes a total of 15 walking tours through old medical Vienna. Naturally, these tours are concentrated on the inner city and the ninth district; the former was once the heart of mediaeval Vienna while the Allgemeines Krankenhaus (General Hospital) was established in Alsergrund, as the ninth district is known. However, a number of tours lead visitors outside the city and reveal Vienna from a more hidden perspective, as they lie somewhat outside the beaten tourist path and so have their own special attraction. Finding one's way around this book - and hopefully also around Vienna - is easy. Having decided on your tour you can orient yourself according to the respective overview map. But, as man doth not live by medicine alone, there arealso a number of notes on art history and a list of good cafés and restaurants. This allows the experiences to be digested in an appropriately Viennese way. A separate museum tour is devoted to museums without fixed opening hours, which contain special collections that exist only in Vienna.
List of contents
Tour 1: Alte Universität bis Stephansplatz.- Tour 2: Weihburggasse - Neuer Markt - Michaelerplatz - Graben - Stephansplatz.- Tour 3: Rund um den Ring.- Tour 4: Durchs Alte Allgemeine Krankenhaus.- Tour 5: Michelbeuern - Spitalgasse (Die"Neuen Kliniken").- Tour 6: Die weiße Stadt (Steinhof).- Tour 7: Billrothhaus (Gesellschaft der Ärzte; Frankgasse).- Tour 8: Zentralfriedhof und Krematorium - Medizinhistorisch interessante Grabstätten.- Tour 9: Die blühende Apotheke (Der Botanische Garten am Rennweg).- Tour 10: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.- Tour 11: Schönbrunn.- Tour 12: Freud Stele am Bellevue.- Medizinhistorische Museen und Sammlungen.- Tour 13: Josephinum.- Tour 14: Narrenturm (Pathologisch Anatomisches Bundesmuseum).- Tour 15: Freud Museum.- Weitere Museen ohne fixe Öffnungszeiten. Besuch nur nach Voranmeldung.- Zahnmedizin; Gerichtsmedizin; Pharmakognosie; Rettungsmuseum
About the author
Wolfgang Regal ist Facharzt für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin in einem Wiener Schwerpunktkrankenhaus.
Michael Nanut ist Facharzt für Anästhesie und Intensivmedizin in einem Wiener Schwerpunktkrankenhaus.
Summary
"The streets of Vienna are paved with history of medicine" the famous Viennese writer and journalist Karl Kraus could have said. In fact, the attentive visitor can’t move through the city without being reminded by all the street names, historical buildings, monuments or memorial stones that Vienna has been a capital of medicine, attracting students and doctors.
This city guide is written for all visitors to this fascinating city who are interested in the history of medicine. 15 walks through the city show the reader the traces of the old medical Vienna: the Fools’ Tower, Freud’s private practice and apartment, the workplaces of many famous physicians, through the old General Hospital, the old university, and the most important pathological museums. Many little-known details and anecdotes are included as well as a short history of Vienna and some gourmet tips, plus the famous Viennese coffee shops for relaxing.
