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This article describes Valentin Stanič’s activity as a »physician«. He was a Catholic priest. While serving the communities on Banjšice and in Ročinj (1802–1819) he has vaccinated against smallpox several times. Instead of a surgical knife, which he didn’t have, he used thorns to apply the vaccine. He succeeded in inoculating more than 1000 people, most of them children, and in this way protected them not only from death, but also from disfiguration and/or blindness by this dangerous disease. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Book and Paper Conservation Centre of the Archives of the Republic of Slovenia received the congratulatory book with the photograph of Kranj from 1860 to carry out an expert examination in the field of conservation and restoration and natural science. The oldest photograph kept by the Archdiocesan Archives in Ljubljana and also the oldest known photograph of Kranj aroused a great deal of curiosity among researchers as the author could be Janez Puhar (Johann Pucher). After visual examinations of the photograph, literature studies, consultations with the competent archivist and Slovenian experts on old photographs, we decided to use the PIXE method as it allows a relatively simple and non-destructive examination. Below is a description of the work method and analysis results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is an analytical and synthetic study on a recently discovered archivalia -- decoratively made card for the Ljubljana bishop Jernej Vidmar (1860), on the context of card's origin, and photograph of Kranj embedded in card's frontal cover. Image on glass is a quality example from the early experimental period of the history of photography on Slovenian territory as well as the oldest photographic vista. It opens up an introductory chapter of this photography genre and the issue of its authorship, technique, and provenance. Since its visual and technical characteristics are reminiscent of the hyalotypes of our first photographer and photography inventor Janez Puhar, it was a subject of thorough researches and comparisons to his works. Anonymous vista and Puhar's photographs are detailed on several aspects in this article: from historical and cultural historical, restoration and conservation, and scientific aspects (computerised laboratory examinations). Research findings are painting it in the light of specific circumstances in the area and in the period of its creation, and interrelationships between participating actors, initiators of this valuable product. The discussion is accompanied by quotes from Puhar's original texts and simultaneous domestic and foreign press. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses a special typology of medical records, namely nominative registers of persons who received medical treatment (preventive or curative) which might be used to perform medical history analysis. Three examples of such documents created in the region of Koper county are presented, and the possibility of their further analysis: the register of children vaccinated with smallpox (1835), the register of persons infected with cholera (1855), and the register of medically treated workers and tradesmen (1874-1900). Those registers typically state nominative lists of persons, including essential biosocial categories which opens additional dimensions of medical statistics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]