DE RE PUBLICA OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGICA

VLADIMIR KATIĆ, SANTA VEČERINA VOLIĆ, ŽELJKO BUMBER, BISERKA BELICZA

Sażetak. »De re publica otorhinolaryngologica« naslov je članka Ante Sercera objavljenog u Liječničkom vjesniku 1941. godine, pet godina nakon preseljenja otorinolaringoloske klinike na Salatu. U tom je radu obrazlożio svoju koncepciju jedne suvremene otorinolaringoloske klinike te prikazao što je u Klinici u tom smislu učinjeno. Osobito zaslužan pri osnivanju Klinike 1921. godine bio je profesor Dragutin Mašek, jedan od trojice matičara Medicinskog fakulteta, koji je Kliniku vodio do 1929. godine. Njegov nasljednik ishodio je preseljenje iz zgrade osnovne skole u Draskovićevoj ulici na Salatu medu druge klinike i pretkliničke zavode Medicinskog fakulteta u Zagrebu. Početkom dvadesetog stoljeća pokrenuto je pitanje izgradnje zemaljske bolnice koja bi služila kao klinicka bolnica budućega medicinskog fakulteta. Važno je znati s koliko su žara naši preci savladali zapreke gradnji klinicke bolnice na Salati. Izabrali smo tek malen broj važnih podataka kojima smo nastojali prikazati nastajanje kliničke jezgre na Salati te razvoj Klinike u razdoblju kada su predstojnici nakon D. Mašeka i A. Sercera bili Branimr Gušić te Zvonimir Krajina. Potom su ukratko prikazane najvažnije djelatnosti Klinike danas, Iako je Klinika razvila programe koji su prirodni nastavak respektabilne povijesti, a u skladu s kreativnim potencijalima njezinih djelatnika te stručnim i znanstvenim standardima unutar Europske unije, treci put u novijoj povijesti morali smo se oduprijeti nametanju neprihvatljivog preseljenja u skučene i nepovoljne uvjete na drugoj lokaciji. Recentno, nude se planovi izgradnje »istočnog češljaw na Rebru te preseljenje Klinike na Rebro. Tim planovima i predlożenim rješenjima za našu Kliniku stručni kolegu Klinike višekratno je dao negativnu ocjenu kada je projekt »post hoc« postao dostupan. Malim ulaganjima na sadašnjoj lokaciji Klinika bi dobila dio nużnih uvjeta za daljnji kontinuirani razvoj, primjeren njezinu impresivnom povijesnom razvoju te sadašnjoj vrijednosti u hrvatskoj, europskoj i svjetskoj otorinolaringologiji. Dostatno je znano da samo eksperti neke struke poznaju specifične odrednice i razvojne obveze svojíh područja. Braneći svoje pravo i dužnost utjecaja na oblikovanje razvojnih pravaca struke, Klinika se i danas pokazala dostojnom svoje povijesti.

»De re publica otorhinolaryngologica« is the title of the article by Ante Šercer published in Liječnicki vjesnik in
1941, five years after the moving of the Ear, Nose and Throat Department to Salata. In this paper he elaborated his conception
of a modern ENT department, and presented what had been done in this regard. Professor Dragutin Masek had a special merit
in founding the Department in 1921, and stayed at its head till 1929. His successor prompted its moving from the building of
elementary school in Draskoviceva Street to Salata, where other departments of the School of Medicine in Zagreb were situated.
At the beginning of the 20th century, the issue of the construction of a territorial hospital which would serve as the University
Hospital of the future School of Medicine emerged. Our ancestors showed great enthusiasm in overcoming the obstacles to the
construction of the University Hospital in Salata. We chose only a small number of important facts by which we tried to
demonstrate of the Department in the period in which the heads after D. Masek and A. Sercer were Branimir Gusic and
Zvonimir Krajina. The most important current activities of the Department are further briefly described. Although the Depart-
ment developed the programs which naturally follow from the respectable history, in agreement with creative potentials of its
employees, and professional and scientific standards within the European Union, for the third time in the modern history we
had to resists the unacceptable moving into restricted and unfavorable settings at the other location. Recently, plans of building
the »eastern comb« on Rebro, and the moving of the Department to Rebro, have been offered. On several occasions the council
of our Department gave negative evaluation of these plans and suggested solutions when the project became available »post
hock. Modest investments at the present location would provide the Department with a part of necessary conditions for further
continuing development, appropriate to its impressive historical development and current value in Croatian, European and
world otorhinolaryngology. It is well known that only the experts in a profession know the specific determinants and develop
mental requirements in their field. By defending its rights and duty to influence the design of developmental directions of the
specialty, the Department has also today shown that it is worthy its past.