Medicinos raida Kėdainiuose XVII-XX a. pradžioje

LTDarbų, nagrinėjančių medicinos raidą Kėdainiuose XVI-XX a. pradž., yra labai nedaug ir beveik visi jie skirti farmacijos raidai tirti. Apie Kėdainių vaistines rašė M. Brenšteinas, H. Grinevičius ir H. Maročkinas. M. Brenšteinas savo darbe apie Lietuvos vaistines [Br. M., 1913] pateikė duomenų apie kai kuriuos XVII a. antrosios pusės Kėdainių vaistininkus, H. Grinevičius [Grinevičius H., 1959] išsamiai aprašė Kėdainių XVII a. antrosios pusės vaistines. H. Grinevičiaus ir H. Maročkino straipsnyje [Grinevičius H., Maročkinas H., 1966] duodama žinių apie XVII a. vid. - XVIII a. pradžios medicinos daktarų ir vaistininkų antkapinius paminklus. Kituose istoriniuose veikaluose tėra vien užuominų apie senųjų Kėdainių medicinos raidą. [p. 95].

ENThe analysis of the development of medicine in Kėdainiai in the 17th- beginning of the 20th centuries is presented in the report. Kėdainiai as a town reached the first peak of its flourishing in the middle of the 17th century. At that time there were about 500 houses and 3,500-4,000 inhabitants in Kėdainiai. After the wars of the middle of the 17th-beginning of the 18th centuries, the town fell into decay. It considerably grew up only at the end of the 19th century. Then there were about 6,000 inhabitants in it. The first doctors of medicine started to work in Kėdainiai in the 1st half of the 17th century: in 1629-1642 Jokūbas Fabricijus, 1641-1650 Adomas Freitagas, 1649-1663 Jonas Majus, before and including 1666 Jonas Fišeris, 1666-1686 Jonas Rozenas, the end of the 17th c.-1710 Frydrichas Kaneinis, 1769-1780 Johanas Frydrichas Kube, in 1783 Boguslavas Zomeris, in 1792 Aleksandras Kviecinskis. In the 2nd half of the 19th century, some doctors of medicine were constantly practising in Kėdainiai. The first shelter-hospital was founded in Kėdainai in 1630, and in the middle of the 17th century there were 3 shelters- hospitals there. There were as many as 3 shelters-hospitals in Kėdainiai in the 2nd half of the 18th century. At the end of the 19th century the new Kėdainiai hospital and the village hospital were founded in the town. The first known apothecary Elijus was mentioned in 1636. In 1680, two apothecas were functioning. Later, in the 18th century, there was one apotheca in Kėdainiai. Only in the beginning of the 19th century there were 2 apothecas there, and later, up to the beginning of the 20th century, one apotheca was functioning in Kėdainiai.