期刊名称：Anali Zavoda za povijesne znanosti Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti u Dubrovniku
印刷版ISSN：1330-0598
出版年度：2001
期号：39
页码：49-120
出版社：Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
摘要：Volumes 5 (1421-1424) and 6 (1430-1431) of the Libri malefitiorum series, one of the four existing series of fifteenth-century criminal court procedures filed at the State Archives of Dubrovnik, have been examined. The article traces all the cases in which there is record of doctors (physicians and surgeons), apothecaries, barbers, pharmacies, hospitals, or outbreaks of epidemic disease in Dubrovnik. The objective of this article is to establish the number, as well as the qualifications, of the medical experts-physicians or surgeons-engaged by Dubrovnik‘s health authorities in the aforementioned period. The cases in which the doctors reported assault and those in which medical evidence was required in a court of law have been investigated with regard to the assault weapon and the anatomical location of the injury. The article is also concerned with the elements of expert evidence, along with the motives behind the non-execution of autopsy in cases of death due to unexplained cause. A parallel between forensic medical practice in Dubrovnik and Venice is being drawn.
