Open AccessMaribor Doctor Filip Terč and his "Bee Therapy"
Author(s) -
Gregor Pivec,
Eva Lina Friš,
Mateja Matjašič Friš
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
studia historica slovenica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.66
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2591-2194
pISSN - 1580-8122
DOI - 10.32874/shs.2018-12
Subject(s) - beekeeping , reading (process) , loan , slavic languages , library science , management , political science , engineering , history , classics , business , computer science , law , ecology , finance , economics , biology
Category: 1.01 Original scientific paperLanguage: Original in English (Abstract in English and Slovenian, Summary in Slovenian)Key words: Filip Terč (1844–1917), apimedicine, apitherapy, Styrian Beekeeping Society, Maribor National HomeAbstract: Doctor Filip Terč (1844–1917), an important but little-known figure in the field of medicine and health care in Maribor and the Slovenian Lands, was besides working in a clinic also involved in beekeeping. This led him to great discoveries, for which he is nowadays considered to be a pioneer of modern apitherapy and immunology in Central Europe. He also played an important role in the field of social life; in 1878 he became chairman of the Maribor branch of the Styrian Beekeeping Society. He was also a member of the Slavic Reading Society and an influential member of the Supervisory Board of the Maribor Loan Bank, in the framework of which he financially supervised the construction of the National Home in Maribor.