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The article describes health and health care development in Zagreb in the 19th century, with special attention to the last period of the century, using articles from Liječnički vjesnik for analysis. The development of the hospital and public health system is being considered, as well as the modernisation of other areas - pharmacy and dentistry. In addition, the paper presents basic health enlightenment thoughts as well as their authors. In the end, a brief analysis of treatment success is made on several separate examples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper deals with the biography of the as yet rather unknown first female Croatian violin virtuosa Ludmilla Weiser. She was born in Zagreb in 1847 in the family of respected Zagreb luthier Ivan Weiser. At the age of five she had already been taught violin by the most prominent violin teacher in Zagreb, Antun Schwarz. Afterwards, she studied violin at the Music School of today's Croatian Musical Institute in Zagreb from 1856-1861. Because of her outstanding talent she was given financial support to study at the Vienna Conservatorium in 1862 where she was, according to my research, the first women ever to study violin there. In Vienna she was accepted at Joseph Hellmesberger senior's class, who remained her teacher until her graduation in 1865. After completing her formal education she began playing in numerous European countries as a solo violinist or was accompanied by many well-known musicians of her time. Her professional career finished in 1869 when she married Estonian architect Reinhold Guleke. After marriage she was completely dedicated to family life, constantly moving with her husband and two sons. Perhaps, because of her relatively short but successful career or because she left Croatia relatively young, she had been almost completely forgotten in musical history, although her role in paving the way for other young women violinists, who began to emerge consistently in second half of the 19th century in Europe's most important musical institutions was unquestionably significant. The paper brings a list of more than forty confirmed performances in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Estonia and Lithuania along with first comprehensive bibliography of Ludmilla Weiser. Finally, the paper includes different original documents and photographs generously shared by Ludmilla Weiser's family. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

According to data from secondary sources, Mozart's operas Don Giovanni and Die Zauberflöte were staged with considerable success in Zagreb during the 1830s, but the only Zagreb newspaper Agramer politische Zeitung devoted very little space to musical-scenic works performances at that time. It was not until the 1870s that most of Zagreb newspapers gave announcements and reviews on performances of Mozart's operas; Don Giovanni was staged in 1875 and in 1898 and Die Zaubeflöte in 1899. So these two Mozart's operas were the only ones that had been systematically staged in Zagreb in all three theatres (in so-called Amad. Theater, Stanković Theatre and in today's theatre building) in the German and/or the Croatian language during the 19th century. The characteristics of performances and casts are given in this paper and, on the basis of the newspaper reviews, changes in the journalists' and the audience's reactions in the reception of those works are monitored. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]